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Ep. 20 | Arizona ESA Ballot Initiatives Threaten School Choice · The Myth of Education Podcast

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  SPEAKER_00: In this episode,
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  we at the Myth of Education Podcast want to make it clear where
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  we stand on the
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  SPEAKER_00: issue of Arizona ESAs.
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  SPEAKER_00: Number one,
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  we support parents seizing complete control of their children's
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  education by any
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  SPEAKER_00: legal means necessary.
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  SPEAKER_00: Number two,
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  anyone who would knowingly or unknowingly deceive parents into
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  signing away their
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  SPEAKER_00: right to direct the upbringing of their children needs to be exposed and
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  SPEAKER_00: prosecuted.
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  SPEAKER_00: Number three,
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  Anyone who comes in between parents and their offspring with
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  the intent to do harm
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  SPEAKER_00: to a child will answer to God.
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  You're listening to the Myth of Education Podcast where we
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  expose corruption in
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  SPEAKER_00: Before we get into the broadcast,
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  we have a disclaimer All views and opinions expressed by hosts
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  person or entity All
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  SPEAKER_00: rights are reserved
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  When it comes to public education,
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  Arizona is the gum on the bottom of America's shoe.
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  SPEAKER_00: We are consistently ranked number 49, number 50 of all the states.
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  SPEAKER_00: I've even seen Arizona ranked number 51 when DC is added to the list.
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  SPEAKER_00: Not to mention,
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  Arizona schools have a serious pedophile problem There's really
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  no question as to
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  why parents are using ESAs to remove their children from this
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  dangerous system
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  SPEAKER_00: Those who love kids will fight to protect the scholarship program,
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  SPEAKER_00: whether they use the funds or not And as for the rest,
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  SPEAKER_00: well,
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  SPEAKER_00: I feel like their demons are starting to manifest
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  SPEAKER_00: There's definitely a battle going on right now for the mind,
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  SPEAKER_00: the soul,
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  and the body of every child that's enrolled in the public
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  education system.
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  And when we see parents taking control to remove their children
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  from the situation,
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  SPEAKER_00: that's when the powers that be want to swoop in with some sort of plan,
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  with some sort of ballot initiative is what we're going to be
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  talking about here.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I find it to be completely, totally disruptive.
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  Whatever positive things you or your parents once believed
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  about public schools,
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  SPEAKER_00: it's no longer true.
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  SPEAKER_00: Public school learning environments are not safe.
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  SPEAKER_00: Your children are not being educated.
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  They're being indoctrinated and radicalized by propaganda that
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  teaches them to hate
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  SPEAKER_00: you,
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  SPEAKER_00: hate themselves,
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  SPEAKER_00: hate American values.
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  SPEAKER_00: And now we're seeing kids protesting in the streets.
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  SPEAKER_00: This is all by design.
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  Also,
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  adults in the district are sexually harassing and abusing
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  children.
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  SPEAKER_00: If you've been following the situation here in Peoria,
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  SPEAKER_00: Arizona,
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  SPEAKER_00: Peoria Unified board member Heather Rooks was publicly sat down,
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  SPEAKER_00: removed from her board president leadership position,
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  SPEAKER_00: for exercising her right as a mom,
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  SPEAKER_00: as a taxpayer,
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  as a resident to simply investigate the handling of two alleged
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  sexual predators at
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  SPEAKER_00: Centennial High School.
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  SPEAKER_00: And what do we have?
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  Two trashy,
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  fake conservatives,
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  Jeff Tobey and Rebecca Proudfit,
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  join Melissa Ewing
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  SPEAKER_00: to vote her out, which effectively silences the students.
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  That's what we're angry about because the children are watching
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  the adults and they
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  SPEAKER_00: see someone comes forward who's just seeking the truth,
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  SPEAKER_00: being retaliated against and punished.
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  SPEAKER_00: This is so ridiculous.
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  SPEAKER_00: The Myth of Education Podcast
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  SPEAKER_00: is evil, evil for you to come between a child and their parent.
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  Parents who care about their kids are going to be involved in
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  their lives and
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  they're going to be doing the best that they can to create a
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  good life for their
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  SPEAKER_00: kids.
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  SPEAKER_00: There's a very small percentage.
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  I don't have that statistic for you right now because I don't
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  think it's relevant
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  SPEAKER_00: to this conversation.
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  There is a small percentage of parents who may abuse their
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  children,
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  who neglect their children,
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  SPEAKER_00: The Myth of Education Podcast
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  The fact of the matter is,
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  is that ESAs are actually helping to curb some of this issue.
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  SPEAKER_00: What I want to say,
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  SPEAKER_00: and hear me out,
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  what I don't like about the ESA program is that it is so
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  volatile and that you're
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  going to have activists coming from all these different
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  directions and every
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  SPEAKER_00: election cycle,
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  SPEAKER_00: it's going to be a fight,
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  SPEAKER_00: a fight,
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  SPEAKER_00: a fight,
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  SPEAKER_00: a fight.
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  And I really hope this November that conservatives can gain
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  more control over the
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  SPEAKER_00: state because they need to do something about this situation.
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  SPEAKER_00: As I record this podcast,
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  SPEAKER_00: and it'll be posted in a few days,
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  SPEAKER_00: we're at the end of another school year.
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  And what I want to encourage parents to do is to make plans to
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  remove your children
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  SPEAKER_00: from public schools.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I know you've heard that a thousand times,
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  SPEAKER_00: and you'll probably hear it a thousand times more.
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  And I realize that some people just really feel like they don't
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  have any other option.
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  SPEAKER_00: But I'm going to call you out and I'm going to challenge you.
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  SPEAKER_00: Look again.
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  SPEAKER_00: Look at your finances again.
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  SPEAKER_00: Look at your situation again.
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  SPEAKER_00: Do you have family members that can help you take care of your children?
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  SPEAKER_00: Are you at odds with those family members?
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  SPEAKER_00: Reconcile.
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  SPEAKER_00: Pull your kids out of a system that is failing.
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  SPEAKER_00: I don't care if you have to sell your valuables.
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  SPEAKER_00: Downsize.
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  SPEAKER_00: Reprioritize your life.
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  SPEAKER_00: And dare I say, parents, you don't need to save for college.
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  Use the money to secure the foundation of the life of your
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  children today.
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  SPEAKER_00: If they are not thriving in a traditional education model,
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  SPEAKER_00: whether it's public,
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  SPEAKER_00: private,
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  SPEAKER_00: or whatever,
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  SPEAKER_00: look into,
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  SPEAKER_00: in the West Valley,
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  SPEAKER_00: we have West Meck.
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  SPEAKER_00: In the East Valley, they have EVIT.
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  SPEAKER_00: Get your children into a trade program,
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  SPEAKER_00: an apprenticeship,
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  SPEAKER_00: something where they can work with their hands.
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  SPEAKER_00: Pay attention to who your child is,
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  SPEAKER_00: what their mannerisms are,
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  SPEAKER_00: what are their highest of interests,
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  SPEAKER_00: and capitalize on that.
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  We should not be trying to force every student through a system
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  that basically is
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  SPEAKER_00: holding some people back.
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  SPEAKER_00: So it's a new day.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's a new generation.
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  And we're here to support the parents who are using ESAs to
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  take control.
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  And for the parents who have successfully removed their
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  children from traditional
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  SPEAKER_00: education systems,
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  SPEAKER_00: you need to spread the word.
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  SPEAKER_00: You need to recruit more parents and you also need to recruit educators.
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  SPEAKER_00: There are good teachers.
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  SPEAKER_00: who are silent,
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  who are probably in fear or just don't want to deal with issues
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  that are in front
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  SPEAKER_00: of them.
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  There's a little bit of cowardice associated with that,
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  but we can talk about that another time.
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  But I think the parents in the state of Arizona are going to
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  also have to be
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  SPEAKER_00: creative about how to privatize education because some of the woke stuff,
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  SPEAKER_00: it's coming into your private schools.
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  SPEAKER_00: Some of the woke stuff is coming into your Montessori.
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  SPEAKER_00: There is a virus that
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  SPEAKER_00: that is trickling through the education system.
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  SPEAKER_00: So you want to maximize your control.
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  SPEAKER_00: And another way to do that is to use some of your ESA funds.
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  SPEAKER_00: You and the parents in your neighborhood need to come together,
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  SPEAKER_00: find the one or two teachers who are disgruntled,
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  who are looking for another option and come together and
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  privatize that education
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  SPEAKER_00: experience for the educator and also for the child.
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  SPEAKER_00: I think it's a win-win situation.
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  Now there are two ballot initiatives floating around that you
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  need to decline to sign.
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  I was very surprised to see the American Federation for
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  Children trying to regulate
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  SPEAKER_00: ESAs,
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  SPEAKER_00: especially
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  SPEAKER_00: especially since they are known to be a pro-school choice organization.
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  SPEAKER_00: Love Your Schools, run by Jenny Clark, she's such a warrior for the ESAs.
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  Her organization has put together a side-by-side comparison of
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  the ballot measures
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  I'm going to link everything for you in the show notes always
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  faithful to do that
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  y'all better be reading the things that we link below don't
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  just listen to these
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  podcasts and take our word for it we're making it easy for you
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  by doing the
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  research and providing the links all you have to do is just
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  click it and take about
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  three minutes to read the information so anyway there is a
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  comparison chart here
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  SPEAKER_00: that I'm going to read from
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  There is a ballot measure sponsored by AFC and that one is
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  entitled Arizona
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  SPEAKER_00: Empowerment Scholarship Accounts Reform and Accountability Act.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's a mouthful.
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  SPEAKER_00: And then there's the Protect Education Act.
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  SPEAKER_00: The further left you go, the more effective they are with their measures.
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  So that one is sponsored by the Arizona Education Association
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  which is union
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  garbage and then Save Our Schools Arizona which is also garbage
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  I think they
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  masquerade as a foundation They are really anti-parent So the
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  first thing to note
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  SPEAKER_00: is an income cap of $150,000
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  SPEAKER_00: That's economic discrimination.
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  SPEAKER_00: $150K is not a whole lot in this economy that we live in.
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  SPEAKER_00: And it's not even a whole lot for a family of four with a mortgage.
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  SPEAKER_00: There's two car payments, there may be medical bills, etc.,
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  SPEAKER_00: There could be any number of situations.
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  SPEAKER_00: And no offense,
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  but I bet we all know at least one person who makes six figures
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  and they're also in
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  SPEAKER_00: six figures worth of debt.
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  So why should children suffer when their parents may not have a
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  handle on the finances?
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm not passing judgment.
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  I'm just making a case of why that income cap is irrelevant
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  when it comes to educating children.
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  SPEAKER_00: We should want all children,
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  SPEAKER_00: regardless of their economic background,
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  SPEAKER_00: to have the best education possible.
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  SPEAKER_00: And as taxpayers, we support that.
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  SPEAKER_00: The next category is ESA unspent funds confiscation.
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  SPEAKER_00: The Protect Education Act
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  Act wants to confiscate 100% of the funds that's remaining in
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  the ESA account at
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  the end of the school year and send 90% of those dollars to
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  fund public schools.
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  So the parents who do have wise spending habits and who don't
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  use up their ESA funds
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  SPEAKER_00: and they are trying to prepare for their child's future,
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  SPEAKER_00: whatever that may look like,
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  SPEAKER_00: you have the Protect Education Act.
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  Those phonies are basically coming along and saying that if you
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  don't spend all of
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  SPEAKER_00: that money,
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  SPEAKER_00: then it needs to go to public schools.
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  SPEAKER_00: So if
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  SPEAKER_00: The Myth of Education Podcast mythofeducation
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  SPEAKER_00: There's less than 2% of ESA purchases are unauthorized.
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  These are purchases that I think the Arizona Department of
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  Education has found were
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  SPEAKER_00: made in good faith,
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  SPEAKER_00: but the parents just didn't know any better.
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  SPEAKER_00: The whole thing about TV screens and diamond rings and
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  SPEAKER_00: Lingerie.
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  SPEAKER_00: That sounds like a rap video.
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  SPEAKER_00: It seems like the claim of fraud that supposedly is happening is a lie.
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  I think it's been a lie from the word go since every leftist
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  has been screaming about it.
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  What they're seeing happen is they decline and it's a healthy
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  decline across the
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  SPEAKER_00: state of parents removing their kids from public schools.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's messing with the funding.
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  SPEAKER_00: And so they're trying to make families suffer for that.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now, the AFC sponsored bill, the ESA reform.
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  When it comes to testing and accreditation requirements and
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  eligible tests for
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  SPEAKER_00: students,
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  this is where the ESA reform and the Protect Education are both
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  trying to offer
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  SPEAKER_00: some sort of solution where there's no problem.
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  SPEAKER_00: They're basically saying students must be given an approved exam,
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  SPEAKER_00: test scores,
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  SPEAKER_00: and other data must be submitted to the ADE for regular reporting.
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  the whole purpose of having a scholarship program like this is
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  so that the parents
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  SPEAKER_00: are in control it is not for the state to come in and to continue
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  SPEAKER_00: to regulate red tape and otherwise hinder parents.
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  Both the ESA Reform Act and the Protect Education Act have
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  curriculum requirements
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  SPEAKER_00: that they want to place on parents.
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  SPEAKER_00: They both have a prohibition on non-educational items.
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  SPEAKER_00: The funny thing about that
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  SPEAKER_00: is that that prohibition that's already in place,
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  SPEAKER_00: it's already in place that you have to provide receipts,
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  which is why it's such a joke that people are lying on parents
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  about buying
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  SPEAKER_00: lingerie and rings and TVs.
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  They both claim to limit government agency control or eliminate
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  existing state
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  SPEAKER_00: protections against frivolous regulations and
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  They're opening the ESA program up to these regulations by
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  coming in with these
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  ballot measures I'm under the impression that the program is
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  running fine I guess
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  that's what the problem is It's so successful that you have
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  people trying to make a
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  SPEAKER_00: power grab and they're stepping on parents' toes Again,
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  I will link this information for you in the show notes so that
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  you can draw your
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  own conclusions The problem that we have with public schools is
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  that the government
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  SPEAKER_00: is too big
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  SPEAKER_00: The administration is too big.
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  SPEAKER_00: They are permeating every part of K-12 families' lives.
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  They are trying to interject in every way possible,
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  offering the kids free meals at the school.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I know that a lot of people find that to be a good thing,
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  SPEAKER_00: but there's just a measure of control that the government has.
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  SPEAKER_00: My hope is that parents who are so heavily dependent
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  SPEAKER_00: on the government.
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  They are working to come together with other parents in their
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  community and finding
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  SPEAKER_00: ways to push the government out.
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  SPEAKER_00: Push the government out.
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  SPEAKER_00: Every dime that you have,
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  SPEAKER_00: every penny that you have,
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  SPEAKER_00: which may not be much,
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  SPEAKER_00: just work towards removing your child
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  SPEAKER_00: from the system as soon as possible.
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  SPEAKER_00: Maybe you don't have to put them in at all.
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  SPEAKER_00: Maybe it takes you until fourth grade to get them out.
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  SPEAKER_00: Maybe by the time they reach high school,
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  SPEAKER_00: if there needs to be some sort of transition,
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  SPEAKER_00: like I said,
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  SPEAKER_00: maybe they can graduate early or take up a trade.
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  SPEAKER_00: Not every child needs a college education.
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  SPEAKER_00: Hear me now.
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  SPEAKER_00: A lot of it is a waste of money.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's a waste of time.
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  SPEAKER_00: I mean,
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  you can do the research yourself to find out how many people
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  will go spend 40,
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  SPEAKER_00: 60,
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  SPEAKER_00: 80 years
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  SPEAKER_00: The Myth of Education
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  They will be able to take care of their own college fund They
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  can get a job because
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  they'll be able to read Think about that Make sure that they
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  can read and write and
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  do math And that they excel at whatever they're naturally good
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  at If they want to
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  SPEAKER_00: be an electrician,
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  a welder There is absolutely nothing wrong with those things
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  Those are very
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  SPEAKER_00: lucrative careers All of those things are valid
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  SPEAKER_00: You can encourage your kid to be entrepreneurs.
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  SPEAKER_00: I mean, the sky's the limit.
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  SPEAKER_00: We're capitalists here, right?
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  And so we should have necessarily an education system that
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  supports a capitalist society.
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  SPEAKER_00: We are not socialists,
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  and therefore we do not all need to go through the same system
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  of education and all
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  SPEAKER_00: come out equally dumb and controlled by our government.
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  The path that you want your child to be on is the path that God
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  is going to set them on.
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  I'm going to link for you also an article in the show notes
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  from AZ Free News.
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  SPEAKER_00: And there are three videos in this article that you need to watch.
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  It's parents who have caught on to the nonsense from the
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  anti-ESA activists.
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  SPEAKER_00: And it's so crazy.
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  SPEAKER_00: In all three videos,
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  SPEAKER_00: the parents are asking,
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  SPEAKER_00: these are the most simplest questions you will ever hear someone ask.
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  SPEAKER_00: Well, what is this about?
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  SPEAKER_00: We already have ESAs.
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  SPEAKER_00: Parents are benefiting from them.
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  SPEAKER_00: Children are already benefiting from them.
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  SPEAKER_00: So what am I signing this for?
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  SPEAKER_00: They couldn't even answer that question.
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  SPEAKER_00: Oh, it's just to get it on the ballot.
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  SPEAKER_00: For
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  SPEAKER_00: The Myth of Education Podcast
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm telling you man,
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  there's some diabolical people in the state of Arizona who take
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  the parents as
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  SPEAKER_00: fools.
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  SPEAKER_00: They're playing with the lives of these babies.
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  SPEAKER_00: We can't stand for this.
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  SPEAKER_00: We need everybody to be vigilant.
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  I don't care if you are in your 60s and you've been a business
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  owner for the last
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  SPEAKER_00: 20 years,
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  SPEAKER_00: your kids are
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  SPEAKER_00: This is where community comes into play.
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  SPEAKER_00: I know right now that a lot of churches are looking whack.
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  SPEAKER_00: We could talk about that in another episode.
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  SPEAKER_00: But if you can find a good house of God with decent ministers,
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  SPEAKER_00: I know it's slim pickings and there's a lot being exposed about that.
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  But do some research,
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  find a community of believers who would be willing to help you.
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  I just refuse to believe we refuse to believe here at the Myth
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  of Education Podcast
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  that you have to depend on the government that it's a need in
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  your life it's not
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  you've been lied to it's just convenient it's like fast food
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  right it's convenient
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  and it's cheap but you know what else is true about fast food
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  it leaves you fat fat
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  SPEAKER_00: and malnourished and at risk for all sorts of diseases.
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  SPEAKER_00: Well, it's the same with public schools.
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  SPEAKER_00: It leaves you fat, malnourished, and at risk for all sorts of trauma.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now,
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  SPEAKER_00: I know I have rambled a little bit for the last 20 minutes,
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  SPEAKER_00: and so let me just reiterate something.
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  If you see anybody walking around with a friendly smile looking
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  clueless,
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  they have a clipboard
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  and a pen and they're asking you to sign to get this ESA thing
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  on the ballot and
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  they can't answer a simple question of why it needs to be put
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  on the ballot.
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  SPEAKER_00: Just don't sign.
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  SPEAKER_00: Don't sign.
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  SPEAKER_00: Don't sign.
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  I'm actually going to leave in the show notes for you a link to
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  the website that
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  SPEAKER_00: Love Your Schools put together where you can sign to decline to sign.
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  You can also withdraw your name if you've signed already to put
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  that on the ballot.
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  SPEAKER_00: We don't want
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  SPEAKER_00: We don't want regulation.
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  SPEAKER_00: We don't want red tape.
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  SPEAKER_00: We don't want a stumbling block in front of parents.
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  We want them to be free to explore whatever learning
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  environment is going to be
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  SPEAKER_00: best for their child.
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  SPEAKER_00: And for some people, it may be public schools.
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  SPEAKER_00: I tell you what,
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  SPEAKER_00: if you're a helicopter parent,
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  SPEAKER_00: like my co-host Dan,
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  SPEAKER_00: he couldn't make this episode,
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  SPEAKER_00: but if you're a helicopter parent like that,
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  SPEAKER_00: where you're going to read the sex ed curriculum and
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  SPEAKER_00: where you're going to show up to the PTA conferences,
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  SPEAKER_00: you're going to show up to board meetings,
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  SPEAKER_00: you're not just showing up for sporting events,
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  SPEAKER_00: but you're involved,
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  SPEAKER_00: then maybe public schools might be a good fit for you,
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  but it's not a good place for parents who have minimal
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  oversight of what's going on
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  SPEAKER_00: with their kids.
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  SPEAKER_00: I know sometimes you need a break,
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  SPEAKER_00: you've got a couple of jobs,
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  SPEAKER_00: and you just need to be able to drop your kids off somewhere.
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  Well,
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  I'm telling you that they would be safer walking down the
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  middle of I-10
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  SPEAKER_00: during rush hour traffic than what they are in public schools.
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  SPEAKER_00: But I want to wrap this up by saying, God gave children to their parents.
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  SPEAKER_00: Proverbs 22, 6, you know it, we quote it here all the time.
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  Train up a child in the way they should go,
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  and when they are old,
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  they won't depart from it.
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  SPEAKER_00: There is no scriptural mandate.
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  And I'm talking to Christians who have their kids in public
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  schools or you're not
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  paying attention or lifting a finger to do a whole lot to
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  remove your kids from the
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  SPEAKER_00: situation.
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  SPEAKER_00: This is your responsibility to protect your child.
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  SPEAKER_00: You have to know.
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  SPEAKER_00: What kind of environment that you're allowing them to go into.
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  There's nothing in the passage of Proverbs 22.6 or anywhere
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  else that says that you
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  should be allowing the government to impress upon your children
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  their moral system,
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  SPEAKER_00: their belief and value system,
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  SPEAKER_00: or educating them,
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  SPEAKER_00: period.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's your responsibility.
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  SPEAKER_00: And as I said before,
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  We have children in public schools who are being sexually
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  harassed and assaulted.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's only a matter of time before it's your child.
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  I don't mean to be a fear monger just to sound the alarm that
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  this is a real situation.
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  SPEAKER_00: There are real cover-ups that are happening.
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  Children really are being victimized to the tune of almost 6
• 22:30
  million kids a year.
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  SPEAKER_00: By the time they graduate high school, we'll have been
• 22:36
  SPEAKER_00: The Myth of Education Podcast
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  to care about your children like you do and so what I'm saying
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  to you is that if
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  something does happen to your child on school grounds heaven
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  forbid parents you're
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  going to have to shoulder that you're going to share in some of
• 23:07
  that trauma and I
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  SPEAKER_00: do believe that God will hold you
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  SPEAKER_00: You have to start
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  SPEAKER_00: But the point of this podcast has been
• 23:50
  An encouragement for parents to continue to take control of the
• 23:54
  situation.
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  SPEAKER_00: These are your kids.
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  SPEAKER_00: Nobody has a right to your child's mind.
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  SPEAKER_00: Nobody has a right to your child's body.
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  SPEAKER_00: Period.
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  SPEAKER_00: Push back.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's on you.
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