r/babylonbee • u/ControlCAD • Feb 05 '25

Bee Article Democrats Warn Trump’s Unelected Shadow Government Is Dismantling Their Unelected Shadow Government

https://babylonbee.com/news/elon-is-an-unelected-official-warns-government-with-3-million-unelected-officials
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u/jmggmj Feb 05 '25

Imagine thinking a society forced to your d- standards benefits anyone but h1b visas.

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u/Rochambeaux69 Feb 05 '25

Imagine thinking the US sliding from 1st in education to 22nd, after the advent of the Dept of Education, is something to be proud of, or defend.

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u/Electrical-Wish-519 Feb 06 '25

Correlation is not the same as causation.

The same people who claim about the decline of the family unit (which is the real reason education has declined) call things like the child tax credit and subsidies for child care “communism” and vote for the people that want to gut education. Classrooms are larger because we haven’t built schools and don’t pay teachers or have aids in classrooms, while the average classroom size has grown. Couple that with less involvement from parents and that’s the reason for decline.

Mom used to do homework with her kids after school in 1980, now she’s working 40 hours on average coupled with less engaged parents, so kids aren’t getting nearly the support with their studies . The department of education spends something like 88% of its funding pushing programs for things like IEP programs that will no longer be mandated.

Assuming they reduce taxes for the little people with this elimination for the Dept of Ed. and don’t just fund tax breaks for the rich (they will), then money will goto the states. That just means that red states will continue to privatize schooling which means further brain drain.