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LS_Editor

(920 posts) Mon Jul 11, 2016, 01:09 PM Jul 2016

Kansas Closes All Public Schools, Sells Buildings to Prison Companies

A slight exaggeration of what is going on in Kansas with the small government Republicans destroying their own state...

Kansas Closes All Public Schools, Sells Buildings to Prison Companies

TOPEKA, KANSAS (The Nil Admirari) - Today, Kansas Governor Sam Brownback signed a bill into law closing all Kansas public schools and selling the buildings to for-profit prison corporations. The law also permanently closed the Kansas State Department of Education, ordered the arrest of public school employees, and outlawed any academic standards.

"I am proud to announce the government's K-12 schools are officially closed in Kansas. Public education employees are urged to turn themselves into police, as warrants have been issued for their arrest," announced Governor Brownback.

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Kansas Closes All Public Schools, Sells Buildings to Prison Companies (Original Post) LS_Editor Jul 2016 OP

Too close to reality liberal N proud Jul 2016 #1

Wouldn't surprise me at all in Kansas (or Texas) world wide wally Jul 2016 #2

I love good satire Gothmog Jul 2016 #3

Why not dual-purpose them? The idea's been floated before ... eppur_se_muova Jul 2016 #4

Fits into what is happening in WI with Gov. Walker riversedge Jul 2016 #5

up ahead a signpost the twilight zone allan01 Jul 2016 #6

Well, at least the cafeteria employees would keep their jobs. longship Jul 2016 #7

not surpised Espejo1226 Jul 2016 #8

liberal N proud

(61,203 posts)

1. Too close to reality

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Mon Jul 11, 2016, 01:14 PM

Jul 2016

world wide wally

(21,836 posts)

2. Wouldn't surprise me at all in Kansas (or Texas)

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Mon Jul 11, 2016, 01:16 PM

Jul 2016

Gothmog

(182,047 posts)

3. I love good satire

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Mon Jul 11, 2016, 01:16 PM

Jul 2016

eppur_se_muova

(42,518 posts)

4. Why not dual-purpose them? The idea's been floated before ...

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Mon Jul 11, 2016, 01:20 PM

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riversedge

(81,541 posts)

5. Fits into what is happening in WI with Gov. Walker

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Mon Jul 11, 2016, 01:27 PM

Jul 2016

allan01

(1,950 posts)

6. up ahead a signpost the twilight zone

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Mon Jul 11, 2016, 01:44 PM

Jul 2016

had to read the story several times to make it compute. however we need to challenge the government on selling public assets public assets are not theirs to sell the whole thing that started this mess was the gram runion hollingsworth omnibudsman reconcilliation act which authorises congress to sell public agenices and the fcc to sell public airwaves to the highest bidder

longship

(40,416 posts)

7. Well, at least the cafeteria employees would keep their jobs.

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Mon Jul 11, 2016, 02:10 PM

Jul 2016

And meat loaf Tuesdays would become every day. So they have that working out for them.

Espejo1226

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8. not surpised

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Mon Jul 11, 2016, 02:55 PM

Jul 2016

There a lot of people who would love to do this in real life.

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