spending

Schoolhouse Rocked: The Homeschool Revolution – one of our own Oklahoma independent film makers and homeschoolers answering the questions, “Why do homeschoolers need a tax break” (short answer – they don’t and neither does anyone else).

Oklahoma Republicans Are Helping Green Energy Cronies Scam Taxpayers Out Of Billions

Jenni White – The Federalist; our legislature and our governor is killing us with tax incentives.

Oklahoma legislative leaders hesitant to cut income tax

The Oklahoma Voice – Our legislators want us to believe we can’t afford a tax cut. Meanwhile, the biggest proponent of paying people to bring their businesses to the state – our Governor Kevin Stitt – is saying he’s going to open an Oklahoma DOGE office inside of OMES – the place where Oklahoma taxpayer dollars go to be redistributed. Truly, so many of our legislature has no idea why they’re there. They think it’s to ‘make laws’, or ‘help bring business’ to the state, but very few seem to understand that GIVING AWAY THE GAINS OF THE INDUSTRY OF OKLAHOMANS ISN’T IT!

Governor’s Oklahoma budget calls for $1.4 billion less spending, removal of education funding cap

The Oklahoma Voice – So we’re going to cut spending while increasing the cap on the ‘school choice’ tax credit. So, again, we’re going to be funding TWO KINDS OF EDUCATION IN OKLAHOMA – PRIVATE AND PUBLIC WITH TAX DOLLARS. I suggest you watch one of our podcasts on the ‘tax credit’ to get a better idea of what a bad idea this is.

Could ‘School Choice’ End School Choice?

Alex Newman – Liberty Sentinel – This is one you should probably read after you watch the video and think about what it means for the Governor to want to reduce taxes while increasing the cap on a tax incentive program…

Nation’s Report Card shows Oklahoma academic results are stagnant

The Oklahoma Voice – So, we’re going to increase teacher salaries. Look, I know there are some good teachers out there, but they should be paid by THEIR SCHOOL BOARD! If a teacher is doing great, the school board should vote to give them a raise!!! Yet very few that I’ve ever heard of do that! Instead, we’ll allow the legislature to create a BLANKET RAISE FOR EVERYONE EVEN THOUGH WE’RE 49TH IN EDUCATION AND HAVEN’T IMPROVED SINCE COVID! Please don’t re-elect the people who work at Lincoln and 23rd who vote for this nonsense.

Garfield Co. Conservation Coalition’s Response To Gov. Stitt’s State Of The State – Stand With Us; Stand With Trump

The Garfield County Conservation Coalition – this is the group that’s fighting a huge solar installation north of Enid. They have a point. Governor Stitt should stand with Trump as a Republican and QUIT SHOVING THE GREEN AGENDA DOWN OUR THROATS.

Trump’s Education Department Ends Biden’s Harmful Title IX Social Experiment On Children

The Federalist – I would say that maybe this would end the fights between parents and administration over things like boys in girl’s bathrooms, but since so many schools are staffed with progressive ideologues today, the chances of this kind of thing will probably not go down as much as we’d like. Still and all, don’t let schools push you around parents! Trump has wiped out of existence all the progressive BS.

For our return to LIVE podcasting after Christmas and New Year’s break, we invited three board members from the new nonprofit, Broken Trust – former state Representative Sherrie Conley, and two Moms For Liberty chapter leaders, Dayna Mooney and Roberta Lewis – to speak with us about the work they are focusing on for the upcoming year.

The conversation didn’t disappoint. As usual, I’ll suggest you watch the entire LIVE video on either our YouTube or Rumble channels, so you can get the full picture of the conversation, which was wide-ranging, but solidly focused on how absolutely horribly our state is caring for our kids and families.

In the clip below, Sherrie started off by telling us that she believes that Oklahoma is now to the point where Oklahoma government is just turning our kids into commodities rather than educating or protecting them. The state keeps throwing money at education, but it seems to go everywhere but the classroom and here we are at the bottom of the heap on the national educational scale with maybe 20% of kids proficient in reading and math.

Just in case we didn’t believe Sherrie’s assertions, Roberta told us the story of how no less than 4 Oklahoma government branches essentially ‘kidnapped’ her son into a mental health facility. It harkens back to the story TS Smith shared with us on the podcast.

Seriously, if you can watch this video and not be scared of what could happen to your child, please watch it again and re-think your position.

In closing, we reiterate the notion that kids in Oklahoma have been reduced to little more than dollar signs for vendors. If the state continues to throw tax dollars at education while getting as little bang for their buck as they’re getting, it makes you wonder if the majority of the body is essentially either corrupt, or stupid. Whatever the cause, it has to be stopped. We’re literally helping NO ONE at this point but the people who make money off the endless ‘educational’ crap that’s being shoveled into classrooms as fast as they can buy it.

This year, please pay attention to what’s going on at the capitol and get involved. It’s the only way to save our state and its kids.

ROPE Report

Tag

Weekly News Headlines and Commentary – Week of 2.10.25

Oklahoma Government Is Turning Our Kids Into Commodities – The Women Of Broken Trust Speak Out