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I agree with every word of what BOR says (aaaaas usual), but it all leaves me with a question. Why not take money out of education intiatives that aren't working and put it back into intiatives that are? Why the net cut in education funding? What are we saving money for? Is education really where we want to be saving money?
We'd save at least that much if we took competitive bids for Iraq reconstruction contracts. As far as the whole budget goes, this is drop-in-the-bucket money. But as far as the education budget goes, this is an appreciable amount. You can feel 6.4%.
If nothing else, this is a poor PR move on the part of the administration. As much as Bush apologists will contort themselves to spin it as "smartening up our spending", there's nothing like that headline gut punch: "Bush Cuts Education".
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