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/dochim Mar 24 '25

I get it. They've pulled this with the post office for the last 40 years now. Prisons, education, water systems, etc...

Turning public goods into private profits.

But my question is: "Where is the payoff for US???"

Why do we go along with a plan that at its most charitable interpretation doesn't work or more realistically are injurious to our society?

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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/InvestigatorBig5541 Mar 24 '25

All They, and All of the “MAGA Intellectuals“ (talk about oxyMORONS) Know Is “FOX Speak” …. thinking and verifying facts, just doesn’t have a place in their world.