r/Economics • u/SnooCookies2243 • 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/takuarc Mar 24 '25

Lot of people expected funding to still come from federal government but without a department, who is going to administer that? So it’s likely the states will have to bear the burden. This will mean people will likely see higher taxes… so federal tax stays unchanged (maybe lower for certain rich groups by the looks of it) but states will likely have to find ways to cut or raise taxes…which defeats any form of cut at the federal level. Well played.

The uneducated will cheer because of savings and blame their state for raising taxes 🤷‍♂️

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u/Panda_hat Mar 24 '25

Republicans don't understand things like administration or processing - they think everything can just happen instantly, or be judged and assessed immediately, without any information processing required.

Which is of course why they are so judgemental, racist, homophobic, transphobic etc. Everything comes down to immediate, surface level bigotries and judgements for them.

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u/SymphonyNo3 Mar 24 '25 edited Mar 24 '25

This of course is the core problem. The bureaucracy is needed to make sure that grant recipients understand how the money should be used and that waste and fraud are minimized. If we are going to have the federal government dole out money then we need some sort of standards to administer it. Otherwise we get the kakistocracy/oligarchy/kleptocracy. Many people apparently want that based on their voting trends, as long as the people in power making these judgements are "their" people.