Florida Teachers

enjoyed a bit of a respite when former governor Crist refused to go along with the "refomers'" plans to destroy the state's educational system.

But Charlie Crist is no longer there, and now the floodgates are about to open for widespread criminality in the name of "reform."

Scott's plan is radical because it's designed to get around a constitutional problem the state encountered a few years back when, during Bush's tenure, it attempted to create vouchers to send public school students to private schools. But Scott apparently believes that his proposal will slip through, in part because the money could be used for other public schools. There are many flaws in Scott's proposal. But here's a biggie: It’s likely to be a fraud magnet.

As soon as the state starts handing families $5500 a year, it's virtually assured that enterprising thieves will devise various schemes to help them part with those funds, including by starting "independent" for-profit virtual schools, charter schools, and other predatory "educational" institutions. While the idea of privatizing the education system may seem like a big money saver, and no one really loves school bureaucracies, putting that much taxpayer money out there without adequate oversight (i.e. bureaucracy) is a formula for disaster.

The assault on our democracy continues unabated, and the "Democrats" can't be counted on to preserve its institutions.