Cenk Uygur
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Philadelphia 'Can't Afford' Schools, Buys $400 Million Prison
Posted
June 15, 2013
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June 15, 2013
58,977
2,162
966
5.30%
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4:01Now Playing"Philadelphia officials are closing almost two dozen schools and decimating the budgets of the remaining schools under a so-called "doomsday" education plan.
However, amid all these cuts for education, the state of Pennsylvania is building a new $400 million prison for Philadelphia."*
Something's rotten in Philadelphia...why is it that the state couldn't afford to keep over 20 public schools open, but could afford a $400 million prison and tax breaks that save the rich hundreds of millions annually? Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian break it down.
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