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[@jackjrabbit]

Ending the Department of Education and implementing more school choice would potentially be the most important steps taken this century towards greater liberty in th US.

[@N0sf3r4tuR1s3n]

Indeed, we must have competent, well educated children if we are to maintain a free society.

[@jonathanrichter4256]

Unfortunately school choice did poorly at the polls last week.

[@NimsQuarlo]

​@@jonathanrichter4256 Due to Teacher's Union and their extended families.

[@woodwyrm]

Getting rid of the IRS and the federal income tax would be major steps as well!

[@ElmerGLue]

@@NimsQuarlohow are people still blaming teachers unions? Much of the problems are controlled by the school administration and not the teachers. Are there bad teachers? Yeah. However, no one is going to teach if it cost money to get educated and then you are expected to do things out of your own good will and then have to deal with snobby rich kids and snobby poor kids. And when they are snobby, it comes from the parents in many cases and most parents can’t take criticism against themselves in any way and will blame the teacher for all their students failures but their home life lacks and discipline and their parents complain about how math has changed but they failed or barely passed their classes before the 2000s…

[@michaelbockert8280]

Not to mention the actual city of Washington D.C. has one of if not the worst graduation rates in the country.

[@N0sf3r4tuR1s3n]

It's pretty disgraceful that our CAPITAL CITY would have such bad school performance. That's the kind of thing that the rest of the world would laugh at us about if it were widely known throughout the rest of the world.

[@DonaldJoeKennedy]

Why does DC get 3 electoral votes, anyway?

[@tommy3244IsAwesome]

@@DonaldJoeKennedy Because taxation without representation is unjust.

[@andrewkerr5296]

@@tommy3244IsAwesome Taxation is Theft FTFY

[@Thrainite]

@@DonaldJoeKennedy It was supposed to have none. That is why it isn't a state, but a "district". I think one of the most irritating things I've heard from liberals is trying to make DC be a state. It would defeat the purpose of it being the capital of the Republic since it is meant to represent all of the states. Giving DC senators, a governor, and representatives, would wildly overthrow the balance of the country and reduce the states to mere provinces. If anything, it needs to be reduced in power with no electoral votes and no "official residents" beyond the representatives that are sent there. Just have the people born there choose one of the states it borders as their home state. But I guess that's too simple.

[@TheJeffbarrett]

Oh please please please be true!

[@Beastlife50]

There are 4,400 people working for this department. How is it possible that this work couldn't have been done with 400 people.

[@DanielGibbons-v9k]

And the budget is $238 billion.

[@Beastlife50]

​@@DanielGibbons-v9kThat is a lot of money. The give a good amount to states for schools but there seems to be a lot of waste as well.

[@edew9180]

Definitely could be, but they need their coffee attendant, napkin folder, and all these other useless positions. Not to mention govt workers are personally offended when you require them to actually work. Ever been to court or the dmv? The smug, elitist attitude of these clerks is pathetic.

[@rogerh2694]

Govt is notoriously slow which is already proof they're inefficient. Please Elon, update all their tech and downsize staff count. Enough of this bureaucracy of old men just sitting at their jobs at the expense of our tax dollars!

[@jackjrabbit]

Listen. The pastry buying department for instance needs at least five pastry tasting techs. Just can't be done with less. Same goes for the latte council etc

[@Andy-AJC72]

8:11 My son started working full time for FedEx after HS. Was quickly promoted for hustling hard. Makes good money and is using education reimbursement program to get a degree part time. Non-traditional path, but he will have solid work experience, a degree, and ZERO debt. I let him live (mostly) for free while he saves up cash. Couldn’t be more proud.

[@microcolonel]

Good family!

[@AnnMiller-e2x]

I sure hope you allow him to party, get drunk and sleep with his girlfriend! Otherwise, he's going to feel stifled by living with his parents.

[@dyoung3648]

Charge some rent...

[@microcolonel]

Why? Don't want him to get a down payment this decade?@@dyoung3648

[@laurapahlke8591]

When my kid was in college, working full time, & still living at home she was not charged rent but what she was required to do was put her ‘rent’ money either in her savings or her retirement acct. If she failed to do that then she would be charged rent that would be held in an acct for her. Taught her valuable lessons about working, bill paying, savings, retirement, & she didn’t get upset over her parents charging her ‘rent’. So proud of her-she has a great job, owns a home, & recently told me the lessons we taught her has helped her today! She was able to save a lot of her hard earned money living at home & now that she has the bills that all homeowners get she understands NOW why it’s difficult for parents to save. She is very disciplined about her money & when she gave me an angel that said “moms are angels in disguise” I smiled & realized she has learned her lessons well!

[@amandacollyer645]

How did I not know about this channel? Love these two.

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I feel the same. I enjoy their takes. I subbed

[@humanentity5890]

I found them very annoying at first, but they have grown on me. I now am a fan, go figure!

[@luddity]

They weren't very "libertarian" during covid, but they're more tolerable now.

[@bonniejohoffman8671]

I like your co-anchor. This one has much more logic than the other ones!

[@canchadhandlethat872]

Get rid of the ACA, DoE, and the IRS please…

[@jonathanjones3126]

Flat tax of at most 10% on all income could cut the number of irs employees by over 90%

[@Cajundaddydave]

Local control please. Get bureaucrats out of our education system.

[@freemason4979]

Govt is about pronouns and gender, less about education

[@king_vasuki2692]

So we should dismantle a system that disabled children demand on?

[@cosmicpepe3973]

@@king_vasuki2692yes, they can then begin to depend on the states.

[@king_vasuki2692]

@@cosmicpepe3973 So disabled people should depend on a new system, which has been shown to fail them or treat them disrespectfully?

[@cosmicpepe3973]

@@king_vasuki2692 it won’t be a new system it will just be maintained by the individual states. Like abortion. You don’t seem to really understand what’s happening so I’ll try to explain, the govt is going to get smaller. That means the waste and excess is going to be expunged. Nothing will change it will just be managed by a different agency or by the states individually.

[@LikeKools]

*Baltimore City Schools, this year, has a $1.7 billion budget to educate 75,811 students. This means the school system is now spending $22,424 per student, which is one of the highest amounts in America for large school systems*

[@maxpruger837]

You forgot to mention that recently there were over a dozen Baltimore City HSs that didn't have a single student proficient in math. Not a single one.

[@kingpest13]

​@@maxpruger837really??!!

[@kingpest13]

​@@maxpruger837I'm seeing 13/32 had no students with proficiency. That is terrible.

[@dancrea9407]

Chicago says hold my beer at 9.9 billion budget for 2025. With enrollment at about 325k students we are about 30k per student. And this spending gets you 31% proficiency in reading and 19% in math.

[@jimbosavage]

It's hard to get black kids to engage in academics. Ask any inner city teacher. It's not a matter of money, it's a matter of culture and genetics.

[@biblicalworldview1]

Love love love this! I have my masters in education and think this is such a great idea. When you create a department and everything gets worse across the country since the founding of that department, it's time for it to go.

[@koobs4549]

It sounds like a great idea until your state gov’t triples your property taxes. What makes people think that states are going to lose those federal funds & just shrug their shoulders & move on? I also have no confidence in my state’s ability to run education currently, let alone once they lose that federal money

[@biblicalworldview1]

@koobs4549 That's how it should be. State should be responsible for what states are responsible for in the citizens of those states pay for it. The department of education is not just a funding conduit. You certainly wouldn't need all those government workers for that!

[@deelowco]

😂 good they dont do anything anyway , karma

[@johnbaker7322]

It's nice to see Robby sitting across from a conservative instead of a progressive for a switch. I know this has been going on for awhile now but these are the two camps that I align with most closely these days so it's nice to see where they agree and disagree.

[@jenniferbriggs3796]

Yes! Get rid of the department of education!! Give it back to the states and give our children a chance to actually learn! And make the woke teachers stop their indoctrination

[@king_vasuki2692]

Getting rid of the Department of Education would result in worsening education for minorities, especially disabled children. If you do not know, southern states during the 1900s had begun to indoctrinate their children into believing that slavery was not horrible. Of course, that manner of state education was wrong, slaves were slaves, property, and items, in the eyes of the owner, and never were treated as humans. The Department ensures the quality and necessity of school. If abolished, states will begin to discriminate and limit funding to impoverished schools. Southern states for instance have constantly failed to ensure inadequate access for disabled children, and refuse to expand the awareness of certain disabilities. Another example we see is how oil and coal companies were able to bribe, oh I mean "Lobby" Politcans into teaching the "Benefits of the Oil Industry" which is PROPAGANDA. Both the oil and coal industries are known to be severely corrupted! Which leads to failed teaching of kids to deny climate change. Though that manner of corrupted teaching is how more people die, look to floods, typhoons, and hurricanes in Florida, Nigeria, the Philippines, Ghana, Liberia, Mali, Niger, and Libya! Speak how states are not to be trusted within schools, and abolishing the Department will only worsen such. The Department of Education ensures my people have a chance for success, but to abolish it or even weaken will cause my own people greater misery.

[@BrianHockenmaier]

@@darrel7589 The only reason teachers are underpaid when their schools are taking in 20K plus per student is that their bureaucratic overlords are harvesting all of that money before it gets to them.

[@jonathanrichter4256]

@@darrel7589 Please. Their pay has doubled even accounting for inflation in the last 30-40 years. Schools are spending more money on administrators than on teachers.

[@TitusKingdom]

​@darrel7589 was this a serious comment?? You can't be serious

[@jenniferbriggs3796]

@TitusKingdom yes I'm very dam serious!

[@southernfriedkiwi7726]

Next, they need to end school funding, as far as tying it to property taxes. My wife and I don't have any children yet 68% of our property taxes go to schools, for other peoples' children. That is theft.

[@sunayakong8537]

My chase t to private s so we paid for education and property taxes.

[@Capohanf1]

JUST DO NOT VOTE FOR THEIR LEVIES!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@koolkitties8552]

And how do you expect schools to be run?

[@jacobodom8401]

If you live in a community, then expect to contribute. It’s not just about you. It’s important that everyone chips in

[@ShalowRecord]

It’s ok to invest in your community. Should you not pay taxes for roads if you don’t drive? Should you pay taxes if you almost never call for police or what about fire department.

[@MilkyWay-hi3yc]

Omg lol love this for you two! Loved it!

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[@chipworrell6025]

In Western North Carolina, Private schools run $5000.00-$9000.00 per year tuition. My Grandson has bounced back and forth between private and public schools. The public system has many good teachers and waaaaay better facilities, but they are so hamstrung by regulations and top heavy administration dead weight. Plus, the CRT and D.E.I. and the gender nonsense found in public education is absolutely horrific. Don't have to be religious or a conservative to see that.

[@ederlikessoccer]

Isn't what is thought in the classroom needs to be approved by the state, not by federal government. DoE role to create assistance for financial aid, grants, and loans. Also, to enforce non discrimination in programs and activities made by states policies or school districts.

[@dogg-paws]

​@@ederlikessoccerIf that what was intended out of the DoE, then they're doing an abysmal job at it. Let the states and parents decide, the federal government has shown that they cannot be trusted.

[@chetsjug]

The EPA just got exposed this year. The lady writing policies had no college education & had no history of Environmental background, She was just writing policies willie-nilly without any authority to do so. Or something like that.

[@tommy3244IsAwesome]

Who? The current EPA head is a guy.

[@DreamConundrum]

A lot of people don’t realize that the Department of Education hasn’t been around forever. They equate closure of that department as closure of schools.

[@onerider808]

Carter started it in 1978, I believe.

[@onerider808]

1979

[@josephthomas2226]

I had dinner with 3 friends last month, all of whom are teachers. They are also Democrats who vote for Democrats, not Trump backers. They told me in no uncertain terms how bad the federal regulations from No Child Left Behind has been. They say it prevents them from actually teaching the kids. Getting rid of the Dept of Ed would allow local schools to determine the curriculum. Granted that would be bad if you lived in San Fran or Portland, but in most places, that would be a blessing. Eliminate the DOE - save money and help our teachers actually teach the kids.

[@pumitriii6160]

The problems with DOE run so much deeper than No Child Left Behind. It started with John D. Rockefeller

[@dawnmwamba7418]

Love this discussion!!! ❤🎉 Thank you for sharing such wonderful thoughts. 🎉

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[@kenbrien4978]

In Canada, we don’t have a federal department of education. Under our Constitution, education falls exclusively into provincial jurisdiction.

[@thenoneckpeoplerepresentat8074]

That doesn’t mean there’s no party pressure from the federal level.

[@robertevans9354]

And file charges against Gavin Newsome and challenge his positions on altering childrens gender in any shape fashion or form.

[@drasweet1]

If this is true, I will be delighted because I pay school taxes and chose to homeschool my children due to their special needs. Our district was not adequately supporting their individual requirements, so we made the decision to invest in a private academy. As a result, one of our sons is now graduating from high school two years ahead of schedule. In addition to our state taxes, we pay nearly $3,000 annually.

[@redwagonrodeo1000]

DOE should have been scuttled decades ago. Its about time. The states should run the education of kids. The money should follow the child not the district!

[@LegalAutomation]

It never should have existed to begin with. There is no constitutional authorization for the Dept. Of Education

[@jonathanjones3126]

I would only add a required test to graduate with a high-school diploma, kinda like the ged testing system.

[@darthbumblebee7310]

The states already do run the education of kids. The department already doesn't have the authority to direct how states run their k-12 programs. This whole piece is fake news.

[@WildBill99x]

No, state governments should not run education. Private enterprise should run education.

[@jonathanjones3126]

@WildBill99x their needs to be minimum standards, I vote for the tests to become a citizen as long as they are in English and also the high school ged series to ensure people can read

[@michaelmeehan9083]

Having a State standard that says kids need to understand how to calculate ROI before college applications are due.

[@macmcelveen1241]

Yes yes yes please.

[@KeelyHawkins-y2g]

This is a great duo!!

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[@robertjanicki5906]

Keep funding as close to the point of use and implementation of programs they deem most appropriate for their community of parents, students and teachers.

[@longiusaescius2537]

Exactly

[@mjk9388]

Well said.

[@darthbumblebee7310]

the problem is some schools need more funding than others. So there needs to be a governing body to decide where the money goes

[@longiusaescius2537]

@@darthbumblebee7310 that body can be state level

[@ztd0501]

Yes! Get the federal government out of our lives.

[@FifthConcerto]

"Lack of money and resources." Translation: bloated administration, and lots of bells and whistles in areas like athletics, which though important, is not proportionally helping academics. People who say those things are ignorant, dishonest, or stupid.

[@JonathanEibl]

Love your show Amber and Robbie! Thanks for being Voices of Reason. I long for the day, and I think it's not far off now, when the lame-stream media is fully supplanted by online content with great hosts that speak truth, present different perspectives, and are not captured by corporate interests. Godspeed!, amiga y amigo!

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[@The_Cyber_Nomad]

Good our government is bloated and sloppy. Time for it to go on a diet.

[@changboni]

Every federal department should be abolished except for defence and foreign relations. The states are capable of running themselves.

[@LegalAutomation]

Which constitutional amendment authorized a department of education?

[@gdoodle]

The 10th Amendment has entered the chat.

[@evwaldron]

It's kind of magical to hear these two talk without being shouted at or spoken over...

[@unclebuddy]

As an old fart I am somewhat qualified to mention that education stopped being about learning practical skills right around the same time that my teachers started smoking pot.

[@billderinbaja3883]

DOE is a tiny, tiny part of the Fed Govt... a fraction of 1%... but it's a start.

[@Me__Myself__and__I]

And over half that money is for student aid to college students (loans) - so that's not going away. Add a few other things that are going to have to be kept and the amount of money saved is a small percent of the DoE budget.

[@kevingrierson2331]

​@Me__Myself__and__I Get rid of that too. Tuitions will go down if they are not being subsidized.

[@NA-oo4ls]

This is intended to improve education outcomes more than to save money.

[@koobs4549]

Ironically, that’s also how states fund their education depts, by quietly raising your taxes by a fraction of 1% so you don’t notice the increase over time

[@koobs4549]

@@NA-oo4lsit’s not going to save money, the Feds will spend that money on other bloat & the States will just double your taxes to recoup the Fed education dollars. Remember that most Federal money is tied to something, it’s like the mafia. Nothing is free, they usually tie that money to a requirement. Our schools concentrate mostly on testing because they know that if the scores are low, so too are the federal dollars. The goal becomes to keep the funds coming in, not to make sure your kids meet the standard. That’s why education sucks, they just need to hit all the proper metrics to keep the money coming in. It’s not about educating your kids, it’s about making sure those resources never run out. Your kid is just an obstacle to overcome, on the way to collecting those federal funds

[@iiguns]

Property tax should go down because of this!

[@mjk9388]

Hey there, hope you're doing well. Property taxes do not fund the federal Department of Education. Instead, property taxes are a primary funding source for local public schools and school districts here in the US.

[@kingpest13]

Hahaha, yeah, I remember when I got a break from the feds

[@jonathanrichter4256]

The federal government does not collect property taxes.

[@koobs4549]

Your property tax will be going up, because those states are not just going to let those federal dollars go. As soon as they shut down the DoE, states will say they’re facing a budget crisis, emergency sessions will be called & new laws, raising your property taxes to recoup that money will take place. Remember, it’s not the Federal gov’t’s money to begin with, it’s the taxpayer’s. So all this is going to do, is cutout the middle man. The Fed gov’t will continue charging you the same amount in taxes, but now the states will raise your property taxes, so they can take that money directly out of your pocket, instead of having the Feds do it for them. What’s funny is that people seem to think that this will save the Fed gov’t money that they can use elsewhere, as if they do anything that’s not corrupt. Those federal funds previously earmarked for education, will then be squandered on other BS. Idk why people pretend that the gov’t is suddenly going to start being responsible with our money. 😂

[@mjk9388]

@@koobs4549 Ah, I see the connection now, thanks. I think a lot of how this would actually work (and it's repercussions) remains to be seen. I do get your point and have had similar conversations with people that think all the government has to do is tax "rich" people and give it to the poor.

[@humbughumbughumbug]

The Universities practice price gouging. They should be regulated! 😊

[@juniorleslie4804]

No, just stop students' loans.

[@humbughumbughumbug]

@juniorleslie4804 they wouldn't need loans if they didn't price gouge so hard!

[@TGWazoo1]

Get rid of the ATF as well. States already regulate all 3.

[@simex909]

Can't wait for someone to tell me "Trump is getting rid of education!"

[@rpmgrlca]

As long as he gets rid of the brainwashing.

[@mustang607]

A ministry of education, or a ministry of science, or a ministry of truth, rarely works out the way people think it should.

[@mjk9388]

I had a lot of my more liberal friends over the last decade tell me that there should be a federal agency in charge of making sure things stated in the media were "true"...they were all big Harry Potter fans. They really didn't like it when I said..."Exactlly..just like the Ministry of Magic did in Harry Potter, right?". I think sometimes people forget that organizations can be turned against them and their views.

[@dcrose001]

Amazing. Now maybe less programming and more of education

[@brentwells8963]

Not seeing any problem here 🤷‍♂️

[@MatthewMortensen1]

Yeah because education bad.

[@MatthewMortensen1]

@@HarryF-tz5fo I was speaking in a way I felt he could understand. You sometimes have to keep it simple for those with a child's intellect.

[@MatthewMortensen1]

@HarryF-tz5fo Neither should people who think Abraham and Noah are founding fathers.

[@MatthewMortensen1]

@HarryF-tz5fo Nope. Been an Independent for quite some time. But thanks for playing.

[@JohnTube2K]

just saw this on my feed… didn’t know this existed

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[@jimh3500]

I love kids and I love education. For this reason I think we should decommission the federal department of education. Let the states keep their tax dollars and educate their children. If a state doesn’t want to indoctrinate their children then so be it.

[@nickelndime5]

Love that both of you are both intelligent and have a great sense of humor ! Please keep up the good work.

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[@Fenestron]

These are easily my favorite R-TV segments but it seems like these are cut from longer episodes sometimes. Is this true? Am I only watching a tiny portion of a longer episode? If so, where the heck are they?

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[@SuperModelLexi]

Brilliant team ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

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[@craftiestcraftstress]

I currently homeschool two children, one who has special needs. I'm not going to lie, I spend a lot of money on materials and books... Yet my taxes go to funding A system that didn't work out for my children, While my children are thriving at home. Our house hold could really use some of that money.

[@SeeCSeesCC]

❤I love you both as news folks….I think this is much better after my experiences seeing my Grandkids in gov funded school…..we need that money for admin to be used for our children!!!!!

[@keith62970]

OOH OOH OOH do ATF next!

[@brewerroofing632]

First time I saw this show. I like it Much better than your other platform of Rising. Keep it up!

[@AJax7886]

Dismantling the DoEd is a good start, but if he doesn't dismantle at least 70% of the useless bureaucracy then he's just a tease.

[@deantait8326]

I was 29 when the Carter Administration started all of this bs. Ironically all of my’formal’ education was years before the Development of Education… and incredibly it was rational even in Los Angeles 😎

[@zage932]

If you were 29 at the time, then that means you're 74 now. You lived longer than my grandpops!

[@countysecession]

I'll believe he'll close the DOE when I see it.

[@bpthomas85]

How did i not know there was an alternate The Hill with no Nomiki!?!? Subbed.

[@warrenphilips8441]

Yes, Amber Duke, yes. 👏👏👏

[@piezoman79]

The universities should be the guarantors on the student loans. It will force them to only be selective about their admissions, but also their curriculums and degrees will need to be more workplace-ready. Cut out the fluff, decrease costs, the taxpayers don’t need to be subsidizing everything the government can think up.

[@cedricwilford]

I love this so much.

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[@canchadhandlethat872]

Another W from the avengers

[@sdudenho2]

I wish someone would tell me three things the Department of Education has done to improve education and test scores.

[@TwaunaPower-qc8ei]

Nothing

[@isaklytting5795]

I like this better than Robby and Amber on Rising. More genuine, and good to not have to listen to some Woke co-host lying and manipulating and using weasel words. That's just soooo exhausting to listen to. We come KZbin to hear about potential solutions, not to get angry or desperate.

[@GarrettFemister]

The private sector, no matter the market, will always out perform anything the government would roll out. The government is supposed to protect our country, that’s about the extent of the Constitution. And we still were given the 2nd Amendment, just in case, We The People, need to protect ourselves from a tyrannical government.

[@sandboxcaptain]

What about the VA Hospital employees who are to receive school reimbursements in lieu of market rate compensation? This Bush-era program is covered under the Dept. Of Education...

[@mr.giggles4995]

I highly doubt they care.

[@MatthewMortensen1]

They'll just cut the VA. That simple.

[@RoyArrowood]

Thank you for bringing that up. Hopefully someone actually takes a look at all of the programs and honors the promises of the government before simply shutting them down. Definitely it would seem that those who have already signed up for such a program should be taken care of. Also how about just paying people market rate?

[@Me__Myself__and__I]

@@RoyArrowood Half of the DoE budget is also for federal student aid (loans to college students) which won't be going away. I imagine most of the DoE budget will actually have to remain once someone takes a good look at it.

[@Cesar-pq2ck]

I don’t have kids but I do pay taxes and I much rather the money goes straight to the student. I hope Trump shuts it down.

[@objectiveobserver4278]

Education belongs in the state and with the families. Trump and Elon are right.

[@ChrizzeeB]

Jeffersonian principles.

[@madera-y-herramientas]

When considering the dollar amount per pupil, you must also take into consideration the cost to educate students with special needs or severe disabilities.

[@childofgod.5901]

Well done guys

[@victor256in]

The DoE building can become a fantastic location for a parking lot. DC has a serious parking problem.

[@davidherbst]

just remember that, if parents were to be given $25K a year for education, pretty much every school will automatically cost $25K per year. Government subsidies will raise prices. Look at what the GI Bill and other subsequent government loan and grant programs did to college tuition. I'm for the idea, but let's keep our predictions about buying power in check.

[@jonathanjones3126]

Gi bill is good, unlimited student loans are just a terrible idea. Force the university's to pay the student loans maybe then they will change their business model to one that produces people able to get and keep jobs.

[@Andy-AJC72]

The GI bill is earned via service. Throwing out unsecured loans to everyone is the problem.

[@JK-gu3tl]

Make it dollar for dollar matching.

[@davidherbst]

@@Andy-AJC72 irrelevant detail. The universities that raised tuition didn't care why the free money was coming to them.

[@boromirofmiddleearth557]

No, disagree respectfully. Don't see how K - 12 would be like colleges and universities. Different situation altogether.

[@Ruckus45]

$80bil budget. $80,000,000,000 per year - are we really getting what we pay for?

[@Sokrabiades]

🙏 Donald Trump of all people might be the greatest gift to federalism since 1789. What a gift to genuine democratic development this might be.

[@nickkrinkie5244]

Why is the Federal government sending money to the states? Eliminating it from the Federal government should eliminate it from their budget and go to reducing the deficit. States should be responsible for raising the revenue if they want a public system. Correct?

[@loriloristuff]

VERY local control!!!!! And as someone who honeschooled my four kids, anytime the gub'mint has money there are strings- be it feds, state, township. Best instead to just quit charging taxes and let the families figure it out.

[@kcstewart671]

Only problem: For the first few years, kids will be on wait lists for the good schools until more are started up. But the sooner it happens, the sooner that period will pass.

[@armlleras]

Absolutely, also close the department of energy, health, homeland security, and treasury. Also, we need to privatize Social Security please. 🙏

[@tomspitler3353]

In 1984 my tuition for a Land Grant state university was 1690 a year. In 1988 same school the tuition was 2754.

[@TheFiown]

Having been educated in Scotland there were three things you couldn't discuss in school, Religion, Sex and Politics. We did at least one hour of sport a day, we did the usual classes, Physics, Biology, Chemistry, Geography, History with visits to archeological sites, fossil hunting, gold panning, English with creative writing, Maths, Arithmetic, Algebra, we did art and manual acitivites like woodwork, metal work, architectural drawing, we even did sailing. For the girls there was home economics, typing, sewing. We did Latin or Greek plus one other language so I spoke French at 17 then moved to France at 21. School was there with all these subjects to 'subject' us to possibilites, enabling us to best choose our paths later in life. I never witnessed unruly or disrespectful behaviour and everyone respected the teachers. I am happy to have been educated there and then and not today. I also studied archeology in my own time and had five jobs growing up even creating my own business buying and selling fabric and accessories at week ends at the age of 15. I also took care of my grandmother and my siblings because of an absent father and overworked mother. I had several pen pals over the world and wrote at least two letters a day, pen on paper ! This was of course the 60's and 70's. How things have changed.

[@jared5322]

I really hope Trump actually gets rid of the Dept of Education. Maybe the national debt will slow down for once

[@damiengrief]

Don't just stop at the Dept. of Education. Close every Executive agency. All unconstitutional.

[@loriloristuff]

YES!!!!!

[@rogerh2694]

Give the bureaucratic old white men jobs at Walmart and have them actually working for once.

[@bobsteve4812]

That would include the Department of Defense and the Treasury, definitely not all unconstitutional

[@SunTingWong]

BOOM

[@joelspringman523]

Yes.

[@elproject3343]

Love these guys and set is nice but please change the seatings. They look so uncomfortable seating in these chairs..

[@rexandbo1]

GO MAGA 2024!

[@tomconner2326]

What a milestone if President Trump can eliminate the Department of Education.

[@clearstonewindows]

Thanks for the great conversation.

[@ReasonTV]

Thanks for watching!

[@bluewater454]

Good riddance. Our education system has declined steadily since the establishment of the NEA.

[@halexmora7018]

the department of education DOES NOT make curriculum decisions. education is already the responsibility of states and local governments, that’s why there is a discrepancy in stats between regions and states. A quick google search confirms this.

[@halexmora7018]

what they do control are guidelines and laws within the schools, such as lunch, special need programs IEPs, counseling etc.

[@hallmobility]

Former Pub Sch teacher here. DO Ed is COUNTERPRODUCTIVE! The policies DEFEAT education and the CO$T of enforcing the counterproductive policies EXCEEDS the fed gov't's payout. School Districts pay to defeat themselves.

[@briannicholls2628]

Yes to school choice! I live in AZ and we have school choice. it is amazing. We were able to send our kids to a charter school when it was best and then move them to a public school when it was best for our kids. I love your discussion about how to make this happen. Lets support Trump!

[@jaylinn416]

Woke Dept of Education to the dustbin of history! Never again!

[@jeffhreid]

I support this change, people don’t understand that the department of education doesn’t educate ANY children, it literally doesn’t do what’s in its remit.

[@silverpenn3809]

Robbie, please don't talk over Amber and let her finnish her point 🙏

[@ruthnovena40]

Depart of Ed. was set up in 1979. I am near 80 years old I grew up at a time when education was local and community based.

[@Kickingitoldschoolbaby]

Wow, these are some great conversations. They just need to replace all mainstream media with you guys.

[@robertmaxey5406]

It’s about time. Let each state decide. Our kids are not learning much in today’s schools.

[@canabitter]

Love these videos from reason. The duo has great energy and can explain issues very clearly

[@ReasonTV]

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