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13. Why wouldn't they just merge Education and Health and Human Services and simply call it

Wed Jun 20, 2018, 09:50 PM

Jun 2018

the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) - which is where those functions used to be until 1979? The Department of Labor has been around since 1913. Note: I don't want them to do this, but if they want to merge Education, this would make more sense than merging it with Labor.

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White House to Propose Merging Education, Labor Departments [View all] Mrs. Overall Jun 2018 OP

WHAT ?? pangaia Jun 2018 #1

Exactly. Keep the chaos rolling; Putin is applauding. lagomorph777 Jun 2018 #5

NO, NOT TRUCK FUMP....... a kennedy Jun 2018 #10

Remember Rick Perry debate? Eliminate Departments of? OhNo-Really Jun 2018 #25

It was the Department of Energy neohippie Jun 2018 #39

He wanted to eleminat 3 Departments, EDUCATION was one of the 3 OhNo-Really Jun 2018 #42

Yes I was just filling in your blank neohippie Jun 2018 #43

All the better to kill Teacher Unions! James48 Jun 2018 #2

+1 Part of the plan. appalachiablue Jun 2018 #33

I wish the White House would vote to eliminate itself. mwooldri Jun 2018 #3

the effort to drown it in a bathtub continues unabated. NRaleighLiberal Jun 2018 #4

Idiots. Wrong merger. They should merge Agriculture and Veterans Affairs dalton99a Jun 2018 #6

children + work equals child labor BigmanPigman Jun 2018 #7

First thing that crossed my mind. Nothing surprises me any more. pazzyanne Jun 2018 #14

Let it turn. Crutchez_CuiBono Jun 2018 #27

Who will lead this new Department of Laborious Education? nature-lover Jun 2018 #8

Mindset that view education only as training. Not for a questioning electorate. Do as you are told. Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2018 #9

My first thought as well. n/t Coventina Jun 2018 #21

WTF?!? What's his scam, a pipeline directly from Kindergarten to Princess Royal's catbyte Jun 2018 #11

They forgot ..... Toorich Jun 2018 #12

Why wouldn't they just merge Education and Health and Human Services and simply call it Midwestern Democrat Jun 2018 #13

Because that makes more sense? pazzyanne Jun 2018 #15

Merge smerge Crutchez_CuiBono Jun 2018 #29

Don't trust these clowns to merge a mail list let alone any part of our government bucolic_frolic Jun 2018 #16

Makes perfect sense. The Department of Child Labor. Eom tarheelsunc Jun 2018 #17

Good idea. I've long thought the Bureau of Labor Statistics would make an excellent mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2018 #18

but they do completely different things.... that makes no sense Takket Jun 2018 #19

Bc nobody is stopping them. Crutchez_CuiBono Jun 2018 #30

No critical thinking skills needed for the masses working for the rich Freethinker65 Jun 2018 #20

Thank You Donny BlueIdaho Jun 2018 #22

First step to eliminate the Labor Department, next the Education goes. procon Jun 2018 #23

Is this some kind of joke? smirkymonkey Jun 2018 #24

I expected nothing less AlexSFCA Jun 2018 #26

I've never been a fan of how the federal ed dept operates, janx Jun 2018 #28

Sounds like Nasruddin Jun 2018 #31

Education as labor force training. Solly Mack Jun 2018 #32

Well said, the true purpose of education. appalachiablue Jun 2018 #34

Thank you, appalachiablue Solly Mack Jun 2018 #37

K&R - Solly, that was what formed me into a liberal thinker! KY_EnviroGuy Jun 2018 #36

Me, too. It's how I was taught. Solly Mack Jun 2018 #38

Something missing in this merger.... KY_EnviroGuy Jun 2018 #35

Right. Merge them and defund them both, killing two birds with one Republican stone. Nitram Jun 2018 #40

And that says much about how they see government... malthaussen Jun 2018 #41

Recycling Old Idea. Repubs first proposed it in 1995 onenote Jun 2018 #44