Posted on 01/09/2023 11:17:53 PM PST by RandFan
Encouraging!
Please pray for them.
I’m stunned we chose a person who’s going to be 80 to run education. My gosh will she even remember being in school. This was a bad pick. Should have picked a house member in their 30’s who probably didn’t go to a one room school house and use a quill pen. Very disappointing and stupid!
Eliminate Department of Education. The Feds should not be tinkering with education. Education is a local responsibility.
I can see your point. OTOH, having an older person in there maybe they can steer education back to “the good old days” before new math and woke curriculum.
Or, better yet: “Ya know, when I was in grade school the Federal Government wasn’t involved in my education. All of those decisions were made locally. As of 12:01 a.m. tomorrow I am dissolving the Department of Education. The firearms issued to the various enforcement officers of the department will be transferred to the Border Patrol.”
If she literally did that. I’d be happy. But I am not sure she will.
Jason Smith (R-MO) seems to be the most conservative of the four mentioned. The other three are all moderates.
I too was thinking... 80... well putting the greatest generation back in charge may not be a bad thing for edjumication. My sweet dear hard assed mother would do a load better than these soft pansies in charge today. God help the people that cross an old lady that has a DGAF attitude and a mission to help kids succeed.
Several years ago we took our kids to the east coast and saw the sites and history. NYC were Washington was inaugurated. Independence Hall, Valley Forge, etc.
Then onto Washington D.C. Walking by this huge building - a block square in size and probably 5 stories or so. Get to the sign and it says “Department of Agriculture”.
“So kids, a question. Do you think that George Washington or Ben Franklyn or Thomas Jefferson ever envisioned a building of this size, filled with thousands of people whose purpose in life was to tell farmers how to farm?”
If not already, all of them will magically become millionaires and billionaires very quickly.
I get your point. But I looked at it another way. People in their 70’s and &0’s made the mess to begin with. Now we’re rewarding for bad behavior.
Agree, 100%!
Something like this:
An email the first hour of the first day to All DOE employees (4,400).
Notice: Please be advised that starting in 90 days staffing at the DOE will be reduced by attrition and terminations at the rate of 209 per month. By the 24th month, I will terminate myself and will lock the door on the way out thus ending the tragic history of Jimmy Carters Department of Education. The annual budget of 68 billion can be applied to the National Debt.
Gates&Boebert- 2024!
“So kids, a question. Do you think that George Washington or Ben Franklyn or Thomas Jefferson ever envisioned a building of this size, filled with thousands of people whose purpose in life was to tell farmers how to farm?”
I used to work just down the block from there. I remember getting off the Metro station and passing by the homeless sleeping over the street grates, which were blowing hot air exhaust.
That Depends™
“I’m stunned we chose a person who’s going to be 80 to run education. My gosh will she even remember being in school. This was a bad pick. Should have picked a house member in their 30’s who probably didn’t go to a one room school house and use a quill pen. “
I suspect the old one room school houses provided students with a better education in reading, writing, arithmetic, and American history/government than the progressive schools today’s woke 30-40 year olds were educated in.
You might want to look at Virginia Foxx’s background. She came from a poor family and worked as a janitor during high school. She has earned masters and doctoral degrees in education. She taught English and was president of a community college from 1987 to 1994. She has extensive experience working in education and is much more knowledgable than most Republicans in Congress.
She was a very strong supporter of President Trump.
Her committee is also responsible for labor issues. She and her husband owned a small business in North Carolina so she does have experience in the business world operating a labor intensive small business. She is strongly anti-union. Again, she has practical experience. Would you prefer a Congressman in his/her 30’s who graduated from law school to enter politics and has never worked in the private sector?
Consider also Virginia Foxx is only 4 years older than Donald Trump. If you support Trump for reelection in 2024, note he will be 80 years old midway in his term if elected. Why should age exclude Virginia Foxx from serving as chairman of a House committee if the same age doesn’t preclude Donald Trump from running for a second term as president?
Virginia Foxx is my representative in Congress. She is more conservative philosophically than most GOP establishment Congressmen, though she will loyally vote with party leadership in critical votes. While I have differences of opinion with some of her votes, she is very capable of chairing a committee and will do a much better job chairing this committee than many much younger men who have zero experience as an educator or businessperson.
If you have concerns about her mental acuity, I suggest you look up some of her recent speeches on YouTube. Here’s a link to a speech she made three months ago, on higher education, to the American Enterprise Institute. She speaks to the policies she favors for higher education. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLuAPphsXhc
I would rather have a tough 80 year old with a sharp mind, fighting spirit, and strong conservative philosophically heading a committee than a squishy, political ambitious 35 years old lawyer attempting find a middle ground with the Democrats on the committee.
Eliminating the dept of ed in addition to several other govt departments would be a start....and only a start
Virginia Foxx - bttt
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