Posted on 02/13/2025 3:02:03 AM PST by Morgana
President Donald Trump expressed that he wants the Department of Education to be “closed immediately,” describing it as a “big con job.”
When asked by a reporter how soon Trump wanted the Department of Education to be closed, Trump criticized how the United States education system was ranked 40th compared to other countries but ranked number one in terms of “costs per pupil.”
“Oh, I’d like it to be closed immediately,” Trump answered. “Look, the Department of Education is a big con job. We’re ranked — so they ranked the top forty countries in the world. We’re ranked number 40th, but we’re ranked number one in one department, costs per pupil. So, we spend more per pupil than any other country in the world, but we’re ranked number 40. We’ve been between 38 and 40, the last time I looked it was 38 and then I looked two days ago … it came out at number 40.”
“Norway, Denmark, Sweden, I hate to say it — China, as big as it is, it’s ranked in the top five,” Trump continued. “That’s a primary competitor. We’re ranked number 40 — so, if we’re ranked number 40, that means something’s really wrong, right?”
Trump continued to state that the United States government should send education back down to states, “I say send it back to Iowa, to Idaho, to Colorado.”
“We probably have 35, maybe 37 states that will do as well as Denmark, Norway, Finland, Sweden,” Trump added. “They’ll be just as good.”
Trump has previously stated he wants to close the Department of Education and move education back into the hands of the states.
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Where is Trump finding that the U.S. is number 40? Does anyone know?
Good analogy!
Why Reagan seldom vetoed any spending bills? That is not a sign of true conservative.
I remember, long ago, a state supreme court ruled that the legislature was not providing enough funding for the court to do its (state?) Constitutionally required duties. The court ruled that the legislature must provide it with more money.
Court funding is a separate issue from funding for the rest of government.
In any event a simple majority vote of the House and Senate can abolish entire federal courts or groups of federal courts—and it is happened several other times in our history.
These judges may not see it coming until it is too late.
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