“Edujobs” money going to states that don’t need it
As I said this morning: It’s not about the children. It’s about political self-preservation.
Chris Moody at The Daily Caller follows the “EduJobs”/BigGovJobs money and discovers that, lo and behold, the $26 billion bailout will help states that don’t need the dough:
The federal government estimates that the bill will save 161,000 teaching jobs, but North Dakota, Tennessee, Arkansas, Alaska and a handful of other states have kept their educational pay rolls full despite the recession, which has drastically lowered government revenues around the country. Since the new bill provides funds based on state population and the number of children in school, these states will receive funds even if their budgets are in the black. This has some employees at state education departments wondering exactly how they will spend all the fresh cash.
Arkansas, for example, has a fully funded teaching staff for the coming year, but the state will still receive up to $91 million for teaching jobs…
…children in each class based upon those numbers. Although the teaching jobs are filled, the state will still receive $24 million under the bill, and a state official asserted that it probably would not go to adding new teachers.
According to an Education Department official, unneeded teacher funding may go to help pay for “on-campus therapists.”
No word on whether they’ll be spending the extra cash on Viagra, too.
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I have a patent for an 18-cylinder turbo-charged diesel printing press, all digital. The government is going to need it if they want to build the money supply quickly. I’m calling Treasury right now.
Hasn’t anyone heard? When democrats talk about spreading the wealth, it all goes to the rich and poor evenly because poor people don’t contribute to their campaigns.
At this rate I am not surprised that they have not just decided to hand it all the money over the the NEA and let them dole it out.
If you need any more evidence of what the dems are trying to do look no further than this bill. Last year Texas accepted the stimulus money that Obama was spreading around. The feds earmarked $3.2 billion for education funding and Rick Perry took it and shoved into the general fund to balance the budget.
This time our own democrat house members Lloyd Doggett and Chet Edwards inserted language that could only effect Texas and REQUIRES the federal money be committed for three years to education funding only. Since our state constitution requires a balanced budget and we only let our legislature meet every other year, we can’t meet the requirement to spend the additional $800 million three years from now.
The dems are trying to make education a federal responsibility is the only way to look at it. And they want Texas to follow the path of Illinois, NY and California in over spending. Please make this a federal issue and vote against every democrat at every chance.
It’s nothing less than child abuse, the way Democrats use America’s kids as political ploys to get their self-serving policies over on the public!
Anybody else having trouble linking to the Algore thread?
of course not, baby. There’s Hennessy and Louis Vuitton knock-offs to buy!
At this point would this suprise anyone?
On August 11th, 2010 at 11:51 am, txvet2 said:
Anybody else having trouble linking to the Algore thread?
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It seems to have gone bye-bye. I caught a glimpse of it once (I really did!) then couldn’t find it when I went back to try to read it later. Something about his chakras? . . .
I suggest the funds go for school vouchers to send students to alternative private schools.
Dems want to spread the wealth of others to increase the wealth and power of other dems while telling the poor that they can do more for them when they fix the broken system which caused the wealthy to be wealthy. The system which creates wealth is called working hard and working one’s way up the ladder of success. Notice how this power grab is the model bho used to get ahead. He was an ACORN lawyer, but couldn’t do enough for the poor and that is why he needed to run for state rep. As a state rep he said that he could do more as a state senator. As a state senator he decided he needed to be in DC. After getting to DC he needed to be POTUS. Now that he’s POTUS, is he working for those original folks? NOPE, he’s bored, because running for office is more fun than actually doing the job. It’s the difference between promises and delivering. When has bho delivered more than he promised? What does he see himself doing after leaving his current job? I see him sitting in a bunker dead from a suicide.
On August 11th, 2010 at 12:03 pm, frostrt said:
On August 11th, 2010 at 11:51 am, txvet2 said:
Anybody else having trouble linking to the Algore thread?
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It seems to have gone bye-bye. I caught a glimpse of it once (I really did!) then couldn’t find it when I went back to try to read it later. Something about his chakras? . . .
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It’s baaaacckkk!
According to H Reid the funds from food stamp program don’t come out until 2014.
But the teachers get their $ today.
Something is wrong with that timeline,
We must vote against every Democrat that is on the ballot … we must get these over-spending ego-maniacs out of office and out of Washington once and for all …
Remember … once we clear them out of elected office we can fine tune representation at each future election, continuing to weed out anyone, regardless of political affiliation, that fails to do the job of cutting spending, reducing the national debt and restoring fiscal sanity to our country …
We have to REMOVE ALL THE “PELOSI/REID/OBAMA” LIBERALS and get a fresh start …
Just another example of the shameless Democrats brazenly spending taxpayer dollars to buy votes and kickback contributions for the upcoming election.
The only solution will be to let these states default and fail. That is the only way to get rid of the unsustainable contracts to government retirees. You might not be able to change a contract, but when the entity that created the contract fails, a judge decides what is fair moving forward from what is available.
This is really an illegal immigration problem. This is where it shows up. They say there are too many kids in each class, but they don’t’ mention that many of the parents are illegal aliens that don’t pay taxes (property taxes that go to local education).
This isn’t about ‘the children’. this is about the teachers. The federal government shouldn’t be involved in education at all anyway. Education is a local and state issue. it would be easier if the federal government would control what it is supposed to control. . . illegal immigration. That would be the biggest ‘bailout’ that the federal government could give the states.
It’s going to be bad soon. Everyone knows it. This is just delaying the inevitable.
The only thing I fear about a school voucher program is what would keep the feds from requiring certain things from private schools (like all the things they require in the public schools). This is the exact reason that Hillsdale College refuses any Federal money, to include the Montgomery GI Bill.
Instead of a voucher program I would like to see an opt out program. In other words, if you choose to send your kids to private school you can opt out of the taxes required to pay for public schools. This way it is money coming from the parents not the government.
This isn’t about education. It’s as Michelle, says, political preservation.
Minor nit to pick, but unless they’re living in their cars or under a bridge or they’re somehow enjoying subsidized housing, they ARE paying property taxes in the form of a portion of the rent.
You can bet the feds would – an insidious means of securing control of private institutions. After all, when you accept their money, you accept their rules. Not good.
and continuing leftist endoctrination. Public schools haven’t really been about education for a couple of decades, at least.
The BHO Adm is shutting down a critical military command post announced by Sec’y Gates which will cost thousands of jobs, depress and destroy the communities and businesses that supply the post, affect Homeland Security (? where is it?), BUT the DemWits can allocate $26 BILLION tax-payer dollars to bail-out unions!
Unbelievable and idiotic!
Next, the BHO Adm is sending an Islamic Terrorist Iman(?)to represent America overseas? STOP THE INSANITY!
He is the one who wants to build the mosque at the sacred Ground Zero!
Check your history facts! After numerous wars between Muslims and India, the Islamic Imans built over 1100 mosques OVER Hindu worship sites!
Where is the OUTRAGE and COMDENATION of the Clinton State Dept and the BHO Adm? jb
PS It is COMDEMNATION of the Clinton State Dept and the BHO Adm!
Hillary and BHO need heart transplants and “sensitivity training” immediatelt! jb
PS It is IMMEDIATELY!
I am steamed – ya’ think?
Of course the Demwits do this because the unions vote democrat, physically intimidate opposition and, fo course, the union dues must continue to roll into the coffers of union leaders and Demwit pols.
I’m sure Obummer would find funding the miliary to be critical if he could count on the military’s reciprical votes and financial support and physical intimidation of political opposition.
Since I don’t have any kids, can I opt out also?
I get your point. But as a former private school teacher I can assure you the feds have been dictating curriculum to private schools for many decades.
Actually I think that is only fair. I do not want anyone else to pay for my children any more than I want to pay for someone else’s children.
and it would only get worse with a voucher program. Like I said before, take a look at the curriculum of Hillsdale college and compare it to any other university and I think you will see what keeping government out of the education business can do.
Hillsdale is a college, much different for K-12. For example I thought both Algebra 1 and Algebra 2 to a class one year, but could NOT get the students credit for Algebra 2 because of Federal guidelines.