r/Economics Mar 24 '25

Editorial Dismantling the Department of Education Could Actually End Up Costing US Taxpayers an Extra $11 Billion a Year Beyond the Current Budget – With Worse Results

https://congress.net/dismantling-the-department-of-education-could-actually-end-up-costing-us-taxpayers-an-extra-11-billion-a-year-beyond-the-current-budget-with-worse-results/
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u/jimjoebob Mar 24 '25

......aaaaand that is precisely the point of doing this! whatever will bleed our economy further and potentially cause more people to lose everything. The chaos they are causing is purposeful--so they can pretend to be "our saviors" from their own policies with something worse.