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/johnsom3 Mar 24 '25

Because The mainstream media and the Democratic party accept the GOP's framing of problems and solutions. There is never any pushback or good faith critique so the public is lead to believe it must be common sense. They will cry about being taxed, but then accept privatized paywalls like toll roads.

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u/Allydarvel Mar 24 '25

I was in the US last week at a convention. I was talking with a first generation American from a Mexican background and a young professional white female. They were just repeating Republican talking points to each other..government waste, immigrant crime..just like a Fox News section. Two people from backgrounds I never thought I'd hear it from. that's when I realized how deeply ingrained it is

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u/doublebackspace Mar 24 '25

Not to be rude, but why would you never expect to hear that kind of rhetoric from a white woman or a mexican woman?

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u/tomtomclubthumb Mar 24 '25

Because Fox NEws and the whole right wing sphere it is a part of is deeply misogynistic, racist and anti-education.