The Huffington Post – Jim Steyer
“Putting our kids first is not just good public policy, it’s just plain common sense. That’s why we’re excited to announce the launch of our major new platform: Common Sense Kids Action. The mission is simple: to make kids and education our nation’s top priority. Period. Full stop. As we all know, kids don’t sit in corporate boardrooms and don’t have the votes or economic power to make their voices heard. Yet, their success in life is absolutely essential to our nation’s future. And when we stand up for all kids, we stand up for the best interests of our own kids as well. Too often in recent years, our national and state priorities have reflected the bidding of the powerful and well connected. Elected officials love to pay lip service to doing “right by our children,” and they all love to have their photos taken kissing babies. But the actions of Congress, many state legislatures and many businesses rarely, if ever, put children first.”(more)