Cuellar, the NEA and the Club for Growth
I was checking out the Club for Growth blog and I came across a piece written by John Stossel:
The NEA says public schools need more money. That’s the refrain heard in politicians’ speeches, ballot initiatives and maybe even in your child’s own classroom. At a union demonstration, teachers carried signs that said schools will only improve “when the schools have all the money they need and the Air Force has to hold a bake sale to buy a bomber.”
Not enough money for education? It’s a myth.
The truth is, public schools are rolling in money.
In Cuellar, the Club for Growth clearly thinks they have a kindred spirit on education issues:
“By voting for CAFTA, to repeal the Death Tax, to prevent huge tax increases, and for supporting school choice, Congressman Cuellar has become one of the House’s most pro-economic growth Democrats,” said Club for Growth President Pat Toomey.
Meanwhile, the Cuellar campaign was quoted as saying they expected the endorsement of NEA.
Interesting bedfellows the NEA and the Club for Growth would make.
[Update:] CampaignReview.com is also on the story.
[Update 2:] The Lone Star Project shines a spotlight on Cuellar’s history of support for vouchers:
Surely, Henry Cuellar knows that a simple fact check reveals that, as a State Legislator, Cuellar championed the use of taxpayer funds for private school vouchers. In fact, Cuellar’s support for vouchers has been widely and consistently reported since 1995. Even The Washington Times, who ran the quote on January 18, 2006, had earlier reported that Cuellar supports vouchers, writing “I think this will be good for minority children,” said Mr. Cuellar. “How can they argue against it?” (Source: The Washington Times, April 13, 1997)
