Congress plans massive cuts in educational spending

[Democrat 4 Ever]

Received this notice this morning - who here is not surprised? Need to save money for wars and bombs and tax cuts, oh my! The next four years isn't going to be a series of small battles for the Democratic Party but all out offensive on every aspect of American life that doesn't make money for the corporations, give tax cuts to the extremely wealthy or make sure the American people are as dumb and obedient as possible. Why can't the freeper "morans" realized that an educated populace is a tax paying populace?

America's Future | www.ourfuture.org

Now it starts. On Friday 11/19, Congress plans to pass a massive appropriations bill that will significantly deprive schools of promised funding. They put off passing this bill until after the election so that they didn’t outrage voters – and lose votes – by creating funding cuts in programs that Americans consider priority. But under-funding education is exactly what they’re planning to do.

Already there is talk about cutting back on pre-election commitments to education – and even these commitments shortchanged the President’s own No Child Left Behind program by $9 billion and cut the federal share of special education funding by over $10 billion.

To stop this folly will require an unprecedented public mobilization over the months ahead. But we must take a stand right now!

http://www.ourfuture.org/fully_fund_education.cfm

Please contact your members of Congress immediately and put them on notice. Let them know that under-funding our children's schools -- while we spend $75 billion more in Iraq and cut taxes for multi-millionaires – makes no sense whatsoever. Tell them that you plan to fight them every step of the way until they get their priorities straight.

http://www.ourfuture.org/fully_fund_education.cfm

Friday's expected roll-backs on education commitments are only the beginning of the horror show. The White House is circulating budget documents calling for long term cuts in education funding. The president who campaigned on a pledge to "invest in education," is now planning deep cuts over the next five years. <1>

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The education of our children is only 3% of the federal budget, but it’s 100% of our future. We can't let our children’s education be victimized by the right-wing’s wrong-headed priorities. Please take action right now to stop the education budget back-tracking!

http://www.ourfuture.org/fully_fund_education.cfm

[crasmane]

1. More compassionate conservatism today?

nt

[indepat]

2. What a brilliant way to dumb-down, make the population even more

ignorant for: ignorant minds rarely question authority.

[msongs]

3. let em cut education....good for dems in the 2006 elections.....

a great thing to use against the repubs:

1. they cut education and
2. they waited until after the election to do it behind your backs

Msongs
Riverside CA

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[Maat]

5. Msongs ... left a message in your inbox.

I joined Democracy for America, and debating whether or not I want to go to the Temecula meeting or the Riverside meeting on Dec. 1st. Any advice? See Inbox message.

[mpanno]

4. So much for

"no child left behind". :argh:

[robcon]

6. Massive cuts in Federal spending for education are welcome.

The federal government doesn't educate anyone. Other than national standards and funding educational research, the federal government has no role in education, IMO.

[PurityOfEssence]

7. So "domestic tranquility" and "general welfare" are crap, huh?

Is this just sarcasm that's over my head, or are you serious?

The Federal Government should have a role in this, if just to insure we don't have a permanent underclass or criminal element.