Cherry Trees at the University of Washington

Free college tuition was the primary reason <pun intended> voters supported Bernie Sanders last weekend at my Washington State caucus.  Apparently, it was an early April Fool’s joke on them.

Hillary Clinton

Washington State is ultra-progressive and liberal.  Yet, our state supreme court decided that K-12 education wasn’t adequately funded.  The legislature still balked.  The supreme court held them in contempt of court and fined them $100K/day.

If states like Washington can’t manage to fund K-12 education, how the hell do gullible Sanders supporters think he’ll fulfill this campaign promise?  Apparently, they stop listening as soon as he says the words “Wall Street:”

Our plan imposes the tax on Wall Street speculation, which raises more than enough money to pay for free tuition in public colleges and universities.  Two-thirds of the money comes from the federal government.  A third comes from the states.  [emphasis added]

The $28 billion tab on that pesky third comes from the states.  Meanwhile, failure to fund K-12 education has been an issue before supreme courts in every state.