Now that Trump is talking seriously about shutting down the Department of Education, some people are sitting up and listening with a sense of urgency and panic. Randi Weingarten, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) president, ran directly to MSNBC to complain.
Weingarten does not want this to happen and is suddenly overflowing with ideas about how education can be improved without such drastic measures. She also used this opportunity to push the same old, tired, Democrat talking point that this is being done to provide tax benefits to billionaires.
The Daily Caller reports:
Teachers Union Leader Suggests Without Evidence That Trump Is Pulling Student Funding To Pay ‘Billionaires’American Federation of Teachers (AFT) President Randi Weingarten suggested without evidence Tuesday that President Donald Trump is snatching money away from funding public education to give to “billionaires.”The Trump administration has reportedly begun drafting an executive order to eliminate the Department of Education (DOE) and direct Congress to pass legislation to officially dissolve the agency, after having repeatedly stated that public education should be managed by states. Weingarten claimed that Trump intends to use the money directed toward public schools and allocate it toward tax cuts for billionaires.“Congress appropriates the money directly for these kids. Where’s the money going? Who’s taking it? Are they trying to take that money that kids get for tax cuts for billionaires? What’s going on? That’s why we have to see what they’re doing. It is illegal to take that money out of children’s mouths and give it to billionaires,” Weingarten said.The AFT president further said the education system needs the federal government to make necessary changes.
It’s worth noting that this video is from the AFT YouTube Channel. That alone indicates how important this fight is to teacher unions. Also, pay close attention to the fact that both Weingarten and the MSNBC host openly acknowledge that control over education is supposed to be handled at the local level, not by the federal government. Weingarten also claims that people didn’t vote for this, which is absolutely false.
Watch the whole thing:
Weingarten comes off as someone who is more worried about the end of a gravy train than about the education of America’s children, and everyone knows she is a hardcore partisan Democrat.
The time for her to make suggestions about improving American education is long passed. Give this power and the money back to the states and give school choice to parents and students. As Trump has said, they can’t do worse.
Featured image via YouTube.
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