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Leopards Ate My Face

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[–] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 32 points 1 year ago (2 children)

"I'm in favor of reducing the Department of Education on the federal level," Warner said. "I would love to see President Trump send more money back to the states. I'm good with that, but I don't want to see that go to the private sector. I want to see it help our public schools."

I'm confused by this statement. What does "send more money back to the states" mean? Does the US have federal schools or something? Isn't the federal government paying for state run schools already sending money back to the states?

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 38 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You’re not confused, the quoted person just doesn’t know how anything works. They’re a Republican voter, after all

[–] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They’re a Republican voter, after all

The quote is from Tennessee State House Rep. Todd Warner, though I'm sure they do vote Republican.

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

Thanks for keeping me honest; that’s what I get for not checking the source of the quote

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I'm going to try to give him the benefit of the doubt. (Although I think the answer of 'he doesn't know what he's talking about' is probably accurate)

He may mean that X amount of money goes to the DOE, but only Y goes to the schools. From what I understand, they think that eliminating the staff of the DOE will bring Y closer to X, since they won't have to pay those people anymore. By dumping the responsibilities on to other depts, they can keep paying those people the same to do more work, and the total cost of business will go down.

[–] InverseParallax@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Segregation academies, here we come (again)!

[–] Dadifer@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

What a fucking idiot

[–] Buelldozer@lemmy.today 2 points 1 year ago

Huh, oddly enough towards the end of the article it states that this guy is actually working to limit the number "vouchers" for charter schools in Tennessee expressly to preserve funding for public education.