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pokerfan

(27,677 posts)
Thu May 18, 2017, 06:50 PM May 2017

Trump and DeVos to Announce Taxpayer Funding for Religious Schools

When she’s not getting booed by college students, Betsy DeVos‘ day job is to make public education worse all over the country. Looks like she’s close to achieving that goal, according to budget documents obtained by the Washington Post, and one of the biggest ways she’ll do it is by funneling money from public schools to religious ones.



Funding for college work-study programs would be cut in half, public-service loan forgiveness would end and hundreds of millions of dollars that public schools could use for mental health, advanced coursework and other services would vanish under a Trump administration plan to cut $10.6 billion from federal education initiatives, according to budget documents obtained by The Washington Post.

The administration would channel part of the savings into its top priority: school choice. It seeks to spend about $400 million to expand charter schools and vouchers for private and religious schools, and another $1 billion to push public schools to adopt choice-friendly policies.


That $400 million gift isn’t just about “school choice.” It’s about using taxpayer dollars to fund religious indoctrination. In some voucher problems, like the one in Florida, taxpayers are funding the teaching of Creationism in science class, the idea that homosexuality is wrong, and corporal punishment.


http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/05/18/donald-trump-and-betsy-devos-set-to-announce-taxpayer-funding-for-religious-schools/
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Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
1. HOORAY!
Thu May 18, 2017, 06:53 PM
May 2017

Now our tax dollars can teach kids the truth about the 6,000 year old Earth and Jesus's dinosaur stable.

underpants

(182,271 posts)
3. Yeah but everyone will get straight A's
Thu May 18, 2017, 07:04 PM
May 2017

The answer to every question is JESUS





I pull this on people who I know are cool from time to time who say "Can I ask you a question?"

Me: "Is the answer JESUS?"
Them: "No"
Me: "WRONG! The answers always Jesus!"

Using a Rev. Lovejoy voice makes it really funnier.

Phoenix61

(16,949 posts)
4. Fundng abortion, which is a legal medical procedure
Thu May 18, 2017, 07:05 PM
May 2017

in any way, shape, or form to include talking about it, is wrong. Funding religious education which is unconstitutional is right. WTF!!! Beam me up Scotty...please...now would be good.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
5. This is bullshit!
Thu May 18, 2017, 07:15 PM
May 2017

We just had someone leave our department to go work for Betsy DeVos as her Communications Director/Special Assistant. I don't know what she was thinking. She's a bright girl and I liked her, but she's young and a mid-western Republican. Hopefully she will become disillusioned after some time as a passenger on the Titanic. I really don't know how she plans to polish this turd, but she has her work cut out for her.

I will be interested to hear how she plans to spin this evil woman's agenda. I really can't believe she went over to the dark side.

politicaljunkie41910

(3,335 posts)
7. I cringe everytime they trout out their token minority at their events, as if those "Choice" seats
Thu May 18, 2017, 07:29 PM
May 2017

are going to benefit a substantial number of minority kids.

sharedvalues

(6,916 posts)
13. it's about political vote-brainwashing not kids. Not kids at all.
Thu May 18, 2017, 08:17 PM
May 2017

DeVos isn't the Secretary of Education.

She is the Secretary of Generating Young GOP Voters.

The Secretary of Vote Buying to Cut Taxes On Billionaires.



No matter how dumb or weak America becomes in the process - she gets more money when public schools are weakened. That's why she donates to the GOP and to school charities.

Welcome to plutocracy!!

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
8. Welcome to another court ruling declaring your stupid shit unconstitutional Donnie.
Thu May 18, 2017, 07:37 PM
May 2017

Of course, this assumes he will be president long enough

lindysalsagal

(20,433 posts)
10. Completely unconstitutional: Hello! Establishment Clause!!!
Thu May 18, 2017, 07:57 PM
May 2017

This will go down faster than the muslim ban.

sharedvalues

(6,916 posts)
11. This is the WHOLE POINT - defund public schools
Thu May 18, 2017, 08:11 PM
May 2017

This is the DeVos / GOP donor agenda:

Defund public schools ( they educate kids, and teach them how the world works so they become liberal)
Move money to religious schools (they indoctrinate kids into the GOP agenda)
Generate more brainwashed GOP voters
Cut taxes on the rich

Take over America.



GOP donors are inches away from achieving their corrupt one-party uneducated America. Venezuela, or Russia, or North Korea all over again.

If we don't stop 45 and DeVos we can kiss America goodbye.

Resist. Be positive. Persist.

Ninsianna

(1,349 posts)
12. You mean Xtian schools right? Not Muslim ones, Hebrew Schools, Baala Vihar (Hindu schools)
Thu May 18, 2017, 08:11 PM
May 2017

etc. just straight up Xtian.

Given how those schools failed to teach this very rich woman anything at all, one wonders how long it will take people to put a stop to this, or if all the other religions should apply That will please them, won't it?

These guys forget that they're not the only religion in town and that other ones also have schools and would appreciate funds.

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