Budget Mix-Up Provides Nation's Schools With Enough Money To Properly Educate Students

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Budget Mix-Up Provides Nation's Schools With Enough Money To Properly Educate Students
May 9, 2011 | ISSUE 47•19


Members of Congress say they are “mortified” to be associated with a bill that gives more money to schools.

WASHINGTON—According to bewildered and contrite legislators, a major budgetary mix-up this week inadvertently provided the nation's public schools with enough funding and resources to properly educate students.

Sources in the Congressional Budget Office reported that as a result of a clerical error, $80 billion earmarked for national defense was accidentally sent to the Department of Education, furnishing schools with the necessary funds to buy new textbooks, offer more academic resources, hire better teachers, promote student achievement, and foster educational excellence—an oversight that apologetic officials called a "huge mistake."

"Obviously, we did not intend for this to happen, and we are doing everything in our power to right the situation and discipline whoever is responsible," said House Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI), expressing remorse for the error. "I want to apologize to the American people. The last thing we wanted was for schools to upgrade their technology and lower student-to-teacher ratios in hopes of raising a generation of well-educated, ambitious, and skilled young Americans."

"That's the type of irresponsible misspending that I've been focused on eliminating for my entire political career," Ryan added...

http://www.theonion.com/articles/budget-mixup-provides-nations-schools-with-enough,20350/

[msongs]

1. never happen with Reid, Boner, and Obama in charge. nice dream though nt

[Exilednight]

2. Agreed. I knew it had to be a spoof from the headline. n/t

[RandomThoughts]

3. Or it is the comment on how good information got into what was thought to be propaganda.

Without the intent of the information meant to be said,

But still felt by those saying it, the heart speaking through song, is a nice way to think about it.

Maybe some could not see or hear it, but many felt it.



Heart-Magic Man
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vlAdMeZSfw

[Stinky The Clown]

4. Its pretty bad when you read a headline like this and know instantly it is from The Onion.