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Showing Original Post only (View all)No shit: GOP in Michigan won't fund toilet paper for kids in school [View all]
http://www.eclectablog.com/2013/01/in-michigan-thanks-to-republicans-its-byotp-for-school-kids-bring-your-own-toilet-paper.html#.UQMDnZCbHTA.twitterBy now, most my readers know that the Republicans in Michigan have carved over $2 billion out of our state education budget and are ready to reduce the per-pupil funding by another $150/student this year. But what you probably dont know that things have gotten so bad in our states schools that some of them dont even have toilet paper for our kids to use when they go to school.
Im not kidding.
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I remember as far up to around 4th and 5th grade that student had to bring in supplies.
OneTenthofOnePercent
Jan 2013
#1
I remember getting pencils, crayons and my very own ruler on my first day in school in the sixties.
canoeist52
Jan 2013
#5
"Extra credit" for TOILET PAPER? Was all this stored up front so you had to request a roll? Hard to
WinkyDink
Jan 2013
#25
But aren't the taxpayers of Michigan glad to have that $2B. Oh wait, that went to corporate ...
Scuba
Jan 2013
#3
Welcome to the party pal! Us Progressive Texans could use this "Die Hard" quote
Dustlawyer
Jan 2013
#10
I would like to see the Michigan legislatures take their own TP into the Capitol
notadmblnd
Jan 2013
#21
Trust me; the school custodians will deliver the goods to the state capitol building.
WinkyDink
Jan 2013
#24
Just wondering, is the state still furnishing tp to rest rooms used by the governor
Thinkingabout
Jan 2013
#26