Rob Now, Pay Later

I shit you not. Someone actually came to the 43rd District Democrats monthly meeting, and spoke out against the Schools levy (props 1 and 2). While I have to commend her for willing to come before a what could have been a very hostile audience, and believe her primary focus was on Prop 1 (the capital levy), her entire argument seemed to be based on "schools haven't done a good enough job with previous levy money, and therefore don't deserve it."

I call bullshit. And unlike my "I'm voting no, but you should vote yes" for the housing levy (if it would have failed, it would have decimated public housing options in our city), I'm voting yes, and so should you. We cannot sit back and continue to do harm to our children. Dr. Maria Goodloe-Johnson does enough of that on her own.

But, why should I try to explain it, when Jello Biafra did so well:

Someday, even the experts will figure out that crime is not caused by rap music. Or even MY music. But by a power structure of self-absorbed property owners, so brain-dead and stupid, they won't even see that if you're too goddamn greedy to pay taxes for schools and services, they're not going to be any good anymore. And that uneducated time bombs are a very poor investment as a future workforce. And if you go on teaching people that life is cheap, and leave them to rot in ghettos and jails, they may one day feel justified in coming back to rob and kill you.

Duh.