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Should the government provide financial aid to families affected by COVID related school closures?

In January 2022 Arizona Governor Doug Ducey introduced the The Open for Learning Recovery Benefit program. Under the program families of public school children would be offered up to $7,000 for private school tuition and other expenses that might be incurred because of a campus closure. “We know parents are best equipped to make decisions around their child’s education — they’re the ones in the driver’s seat,” Governor Ducey said in a press release. Ducey allocated $10 million of federal COVID relief funds to fund the program. Proponents argue that public schools are a necessity and closing them hits families with a variety of unexpected financial expenses. Opponents argue that underfunded public schools should get the funding instead.

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 @92G3YPH from Maryland  answered…4yrs4Y

No, schools should never have been closed due to COVID

 Deleted from  answered…4yrs4Y

Yes, but only for low income families.

 @93WZ6CC from Maryland  answered…4yrs4Y

No, schools should never have been closed for COVID

 @92CFP8P from Florida  answered…4yrs4Y

We should cut public school and refund the tax dollars wasted to the people, anything left over should go to charter schools or religious institutions

 @8Z3DNSG from Texas  answered…4yrs4Y

No, the government shouldn’t be allowed to shut down society in the first place

 @83VCCTM  from Washington  answered…2yrs2Y

No, change all schooling to a voucher system depending on income and allow parents to choose between public, charter or home schooling.

 Deleted from  answered…3yrs3Y

Yes, now THIS is the reparations that I can get behind!

 @99JNZVH from Virginia  answered…3yrs3Y

I feel like you shouldn't try to push people into private schools due to the long term expenses but its reasonable to give some fund to family because students will be at home and not be served lunch and breakfast at school. The rest should go to public schools and during shut down it should be enforced that public schools upgrade their teaching equipment

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Elizabeth Warren Walks Back Murder Comments

Congressional Democrats broadly denounced the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson Friday morning, after Republicans started accusing Sen. Elizabeth Warren of excusing violence.“No one's condoning this,” said Rep. Brad Schneider (D-Ill.). “Violence never is the right answer for anything. And it was a horrible murder, a tragic loss for his family.” Warren this week condemned the shooting, but added that people “can be pushed only so far.”"We'll say it over and over," Warren said on MSNBC’S “The ReidOut.” " Violence is never the answer. This guy [Luigi Mangione] gets a trial who's allegedly killed the CEO of UnitedHealth, but you can only push people so far, and then they start to take matters into their own hands."In a statement to POLITICO, Warren said, “Violence is never the answer. Period. I should have been much clearer that there is never a justification for murder.” Top Republicans denounced Warren's comments and the walked-back rhetoric, with House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) calling it “inappropriate and dangerous.”Some House Democrats asked about the incident on Thursday pivoted the conversation to discuss policy options on health care or gun safety.“I don't really know that this is really a space that Congress normally weighs in on,” said Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas). “But at the end of the day, I think it’s an opportunity, because now people are talking about health care and to talk about the fact that this industry has honestly not been as helpful as it could be.”“Violence is never the answer,” said Rep. Troy Carter (D-La.). “We know that there are people suffering, there’s great challenges in healthcare. There's great challenges, and people have, in fact, been wronged, but a process of governance is the way to address that, not violence.”And Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) who denounced the murder, said the killer should be prosecuted and that “I do know that allegedly a ghost gun was used, and we should also ban ghost guns. There's no reason for them beyond the streets.”

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