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[PaulS]

Education - DeVos' budget would cut more than $7 billion from the Education Department, about 10 percent of its current budget and create a tax credit for individual and companies that donate to scholarships for private schools. - I guess the tax cut wasn't enough for the rich.

She also cut funding for the special Olympics - Those olympians must be the "takers" we've heard so much about. A burden on society as they don't pay their own way.

[Sea Dangles]

Originally Posted by PaulS

Education - DeVos' budget would cut more than $7 billion from the Education Department, about 10 percent of its current budget and create a tax credit for individual and companies that donate to scholarships for private schools. - I guess the tax cut wasn't enough for the rich.

She also cut funding for the special Olympics - Those olympians must be the "takers" we've heard so much about. A burden on society as they don't pay their own way.

I am hoping tuition counts as a donation. It could be new boat time.
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[The Dad Fisherman]

Originally Posted by PaulS

Education - DeVos' budget would cut more than $7 billion from the Education Department, about 10 percent of its current budget and create a tax credit for individual and companies that donate to scholarships for private schools. - I guess the tax cut wasn't enough for the rich.

She also cut funding for the special Olympics - Those olympians must be the "takers" we've heard so much about. A burden on society as they don't pay their own way.

Here is the proposed budget, you are tasked with decreasing by $7B, what are you saving vs what are you cutting? Let's hear it.

Something to ponder, Special Olympics is being cut by $12.6M but they still took in over $110M through other means FY17, so that is not going to shutdown the program.

yes it sucks, but they have to curb Govt Spending somewhere.

[detbuch]

Originally Posted by PaulS

Education - DeVos' budget would cut more than $7 billion from the Education Department, about 10 percent of its current budget and create a tax credit for individual and companies that donate to scholarships for private schools. - I guess the tax cut wasn't enough for the rich.

Why is the federal government spending money on public education? Why is there a federal Education Department? Public education is a state responsibility, and the states fund over 90% of public education. So the federal government would cut 10% of its 10% contribution (not very much money overall)--a contribution that it has no constitutional directive to give.

And we must cry over this as we keep adding to the national debt. A "compassionate" federal government which is able to spend more than it has will inevitably lead to an uncompassionate and unsustainable debt which those who are supposed to be the benefactors of government compassion will have to pay for.