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In reply to the discussion: Trump's Project 2025 is already underway in Argentina, and it's terrifying [View all]paleotn
(19,064 posts)26. Cut the ministry of education. Same as or Department of Education. I've been thinking.
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.
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Trump's Project 2025 is already underway in Argentina, and it's terrifying [View all]
EarthFirst
22 hrs ago
OP
Wouldn't one like to send a comet to crash into mar a lago during that meeting ?
kimbutgar
20 hrs ago
#19
"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
Under the guise it's in the public's interest, will make things better for the public.
ffr
21 hrs ago
#6
Seems to me, some states are in a better position to weather this storm than others.
paleotn
20 hrs ago
#29
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
The Chicago School and James M Buchanan literally wrote the new Chile Constitution under Pinochet.
ancianita
20 hrs ago
#35
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
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
Hypothetical: if 0.1% own 95% of land & factories, how will "democracy" be different than feudalism? Same IMF shakedown
lostnfound
10 hrs ago
#47
Just bc he's an academic, that doesn't mean that he's in favor public education.
Yavin4
20 hrs ago
#28
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