H/T to From on High (see The Question Conservative Republicans Dread).
Here is how the story begins.
Schools: The Education Department is getting one of its largest spending increases under the president’s proposed budget. And what can the country expect in return for all this added spending? Not much. (continued here)
Our nation is broke. Our economy spirals slowly downward – and for what, Federal Government spending programs that don’t even work? For the sake of our children, we the people must demand spending cuts. We must elect leaders with the courage to make cuts.
The Federal Government has no Constitutional authority to spend our money on public education. Our Federal officials have also shown themselve incompetent to spend our money on public education. Nonetheless, even when it has become obvious to all that we are going broke, these same people intend to increase education spending?
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. — (Author unknown)
Consider the methods that brought us to this point. They are blatantly dishonest. When they fund the Education Department, our Federal officials break their oath of office; they abuse their authority. When we trust the education of our children to oath breakers, what results should we expect? What results have we gotten?
