Bush tries to balance the country's chequebook

[MistyB 0]

Do the American people not see what he wants to do? Do they not read newspapers? Why arent they questioning this plan of his? We will be returning to the US after 6 long years of being out of it, so I am curious as to how the american people really see GWB.

[Fischkoepfin 1]

When did the federal government begin funding education and for what reasons?

1946

The Cabinet-level Department of Health, Education and Welfare was created under President Eisenhower, officially coming into existence April 11, 1953. In 1979, the Department of Education Organization Act was signed into law, providing for a separate Department of Education. HEW became the Department of Health and Human Services, officially arriving on May 4, 1980.

http://www.hhs.gov/about/hhshist.html

Thanks. But I do not believe that the education in the US was better or even comparable before this date. College enrollment was way down and the number of people finishing high school was also significantly lower.

Today, federal funding for education at least allows to support schooling in poor areas. Primary and secondary education is still mainly funded by counties and only partially by the states. Because in many places funding is tied to property taxes, many areas with less well-off people have really bad schools, high drop-out rates, and low college enrollment rates. Yet, to keep the schools running and to help children in poor neighborhoods succeed, the federal government support programs to help teacher recruitment and educational programs.

So, ever since the federal government got involved in education, Americans have been better educated. Why would you want to change that?

[pedroh 21]

Cutting spending on education tells me that Bush really doesn't consider the future of this county as an important issue, which I find kind of alarming.

His burdening the future generations with today's windfall giveaways to corporate America doesn't do much for the future of this country either. But then, thanks to the Bushies, our kids are going to be uneducated morons that wouldn't know what to with money anyways...

why have educations if you have guns, and can defend urself against nukular weapons??

MIsty.. no.. they can't read the newspaper.. sad isn't it?

lol

[I'm Gone 60]

Do the American people not see what he wants to do? Do they not read newspapers? Why arent they questioning this plan of his? We will be returning to the US after 6 long years of being out of it, so I am curious as to how the american people really see GWB.

So you tell us what is George W. Bush's master plan?