National Guard to drive school buses in
Massachusetts amid 'critical' national
shortage of drivers made
worse by COVID
Posted By: Ribicon, 9/14/2021 12:33:25 PM
The National Guard has been mobilized in Massachusetts to ferry kids to and from school amid a nationwide shortage of bus drivers exacerbated by COVID. Up to 250 members of the Guard will be activated to address the shortage, following a direct order from Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker to deploy the servicemen, as school and state officials across the country have been forced to deal with the dearth of drivers.(Snip) Baker said the federal government—not the state—would pick up the tab, but could not provide an estimate as to how much the assistance would cost.
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Local school districts waste money left and right, lavishing fat salaries and benefits on administrators while not paying enough to keep bus drivers interested in the job. So in comes "the federal government" to pay the National Guard, which refuses to stop communist rioters but is happy toot around in buses, to triage at great expense an issue that should be handled locally.