The Department of Education was set up by, you guessed it, Newt.
Newt believes that cuts to social programs, necessary to get things under control, are simply “Right-wing social engineering”.
Newt is in favor of ethanol.
He has teamed up with Nancy Pelosi and with Al Sharpton to push the liberal agenda.
No thanks.
As governor, Reagan was the biggest California spender of the last half century. Under him, state spending leaped 177%.
His first year as governor, Reagan raised taxes equal to 30% of the state general fund, still a modern record. And as president, he increased taxes several times, although conservatives pretend to remember only the one big tax cut.
As governor, Reagan protected the spectacular John Muir Trail in the Sierra from highway builders and Central Valley business interests.
He blocked dam building on the Eel and Feather rivers. He and Republican Gov. Paul Laxalt of Nevada set aside their aversion to centralized, intrusive government and created a bi-state agency to control growth at Lake Tahoe.
Reagan signed legislation creating the California Air Resources Board, leading to the nation’s first tailpipe emissions standards.
As governor, Reagan signed the nation’s then most liberal abortion rights bill. (He later called it a mistake.) He opposed a ballot initiative that would have permitted the firing of teachers for being gay.
President Reagan signed a bill granting amnesty to illegal immigrants.
The Department of Education was set up in 1979. It is true that Newt Gingrich was a freshman congressman that year, but since Jimmy Carter was president, I call BS on that one. Newt was one of the earliest advocates of vouchers, homeschooling, charter schools and school prayer. He has consistently called for LOWER federal spending on education and for teacher accountability.
Newt believes that cuts to social programs, necessary to get things under control, are simply “Right-wing social engineering”.
Again, Newt is the only candidate who can credibly state that he has achieved entitlement reform.
Newt is in favor of ethanol.
Which will get him votes in swing states. Congress will decide what to actually do about ethanol.
He has teamed up with Nancy Pelosi and with Al Sharpton to push the liberal agenda.
Exactly what took place there? Do you even know? Do you know what he says about it now?