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paleotn

(19,064 posts)
26. Cut the ministry of education. Same as or Department of Education. I've been thinking.
Thu Nov 7, 2024, 08:45 PM
20 hrs ago

Always a dangerous thing. The end of our Department of Education. Yes, a cut in Fed funds would impact VT public schools, but here's the thing. We allot a ton of in-state generated funding into our K-12 system. We're 4th nationally in spending per pupil. The rest of the top 5 are solid blue states, NY, Mass, CT, NJ. Fed funding cuts will hurt but won't be catastrophic for us since it's a far lower % of total spend per pupil than most states. It will be catastrophic for the "shit hole", red states that rely heavily on federal funding. You know, since I'm completely out of "give a fucks", that doesn't bother me all that much.

You sowed the wind, mother fuckers, now reap the whirlwind.

Argentina's Milei to meet with Trump, Musk next week in the US Leghorn21 21 hrs ago #1
Thank you for adding that... EarthFirst 21 hrs ago #2
My pleasure, E Leghorn21 21 hrs ago #3
Thank you. For the next four years we are in the oligarch shit. ancianita 21 hrs ago #14
This is emblematic of the White House transition process as KPN 20 hrs ago #18
Wouldn't one like to send a comet to crash into mar a lago during that meeting ? kimbutgar 20 hrs ago #19
Could Ukraine send in the drones? jmbar2 20 hrs ago #23
"Will the magas scream for joy...?" B.See 20 hrs ago #25
"He cut investment in education by 40%, denied increases to pensions, cut access to life-saving drugs for cancer patient Demovictory9 21 hrs ago #4
That's some hideous shit right there Dem4life1234 21 hrs ago #5
Why do people here vote for them? Metro135 21 hrs ago #7
Because those strongmen hurt people the voters don't like misanthrope 21 hrs ago #11
Under the guise it's in the public's interest, will make things better for the public. ffr 21 hrs ago #6
Republicans are brainwashed morons. hadEnuf 20 hrs ago #17
Seems to me, some states are in a better position to weather this storm than others. paleotn 20 hrs ago #29
It sounds a lot like the pre-New Deal American South misanthrope 21 hrs ago #8
To that tune, Dixie markodochartaigh 20 hrs ago #32
K&R jfz9580m 21 hrs ago #9
Argentina's Inflation Rate.... Biglinda 52 21 hrs ago #10
Well, shit soandso 20 hrs ago #16
Of course markodochartaigh 20 hrs ago #33
Elon Musk is glued Blue_Roses 21 hrs ago #12
It has nothing to do with Trump or Project 2025 soandso 21 hrs ago #13
Austrian & Chicago School tried this shit on Chile under Pinochet. It took 10 yrs for Chileans to climb out of that pit ancianita 21 hrs ago #15
A military dictatorship must have an impact, too soandso 20 hrs ago #22
The Chicago School and James M Buchanan literally wrote the new Chile Constitution under Pinochet. ancianita 20 hrs ago #35
Thank you soandso 19 hrs ago #39
This should help. Check the sections under Pinochet and the 21st Century. ancianita 19 hrs ago #41
Again, thank you soandso 18 hrs ago #42
Sure. ancianita 18 hrs ago #44
I didn't mean to indicate soandso 13 hrs ago #45
If he follows the Project 2025 playbook, they won't be better off. If he doesn't they will. ancianita 4 hrs ago #51
With ARG being courted by China for BRICS; siding with NATO isnt a bad idea. oldsoftie 20 hrs ago #21
Milei is extremely anti communist soandso 20 hrs ago #24
RE: BRICS; the whole "use your own currency" thing is, I believe, a pipe dream oldsoftie 10 hrs ago #46
Argentina's applied and will join BRICS in 2025. Yes, siding with NATO is good, but doesn't offset what else is wrong ancianita 19 hrs ago #36
Do you have a link? soandso 18 hrs ago #43
Hypothetical: if 0.1% own 95% of land & factories, how will "democracy" be different than feudalism? Same IMF shakedown lostnfound 10 hrs ago #47
Cutting education in a technologically advancing world is economic suicide. Yavin4 20 hrs ago #20
We'd have to see where those cuts were made soandso 20 hrs ago #27
Just bc he's an academic, that doesn't mean that he's in favor public education. Yavin4 20 hrs ago #28
Fair point soandso 20 hrs ago #30
Doctors, lawyers, engineers Dem4life1234 20 hrs ago #31
Cut the ministry of education. Same as or Department of Education. I've been thinking. paleotn 20 hrs ago #26
When Musk hosted Trump for a long chat on X back in August, both made it clear they want to copy Milei. highplainsdem 20 hrs ago #34
Must-Read Kid Berwyn 19 hrs ago #37
It sounds like from the posts here that Mieli is at least an educated man that cares at least somewhat about his ppl PortTack 19 hrs ago #38
So how does any of help anything? ...nt Figarosmom 19 hrs ago #40
More: Leghorn21 9 hrs ago #48
K&R liberalla 8 hrs ago #49
Video: Argentina Collapses into Poverty - Joe Blogs liberalla 8 hrs ago #50
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