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Trump donates three-month salary to Department of Education

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Trump donates three-month salary to Department of Education | Fox News



Hey 2 million kids may lose beneficial after school programs but so what a couple of lucky kids will get to go to space camp! :lol:

Under Trump Budget, Nearly 2 Million Kids May Lose After-School Care : NPR Ed : NPR
 

Give me a fricken break, it isn't the Federal Government's responsibility to feed kids in local school districts, that is a state and local responsibility. Please, leftists take a civics class to understand the true role of the Federal Govt. as well as state and local responsibilities. Absolutely stunning how indoctrinated the left is on massive moves towards one central govt. with total control. Do you people have any clue as to what you are trying to create?
 
Winston said:
A PR stunt, to say, "hey look everybody, I can't be that bad of a guy."
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And, I bet he doesn;t even follow though. $10 says that $100K never gets anywhere near the DOEd.
 
Doesn't he have Direct Deposit :lamo

What was with the Check :roll:
 
LOL, his main "wages" comes from his many visits to his own properties where the taxpayer has to pay 3 million or so per visit... which is pretty much every weekend.
 

lol....See the bold. Did you even realize you did that?
 

I'll go one step further. It isn't the federal or state or local government's job to feed school kids. It is a sacred responsibility of PARENTS to see that their children are housed, properly clothed, fed, educated, and instructed in good citizenship and appropriate values. Further it is the PARENT'S responsibility to be sure their kids are properl looked after and supervised. Millions upon millions of people did that before the federal government started meddling in the process.

If local school districts or communities wish to pool resources for programs that make such responsibilities easier for parent's to fulfill, who can argue that such is not a good thing? But such was NEVER intended to be a responsibility or authority given to the federal government in the first place.
 
Carnegie tactics. Get a dozen people killed working in unsafe conditions, bust their unions, and then donate a bundle of money (in Carnegie's case, much, much more than Trump's second quarter salary, but that's not the point) and it makes you the good guy. Distract from the Russia investigation by suddenly announcing on Twitter that you are banning transgendered Americans from serving our armed forces, now you've just got a controversy. Donate to schools? Well, there, now you've won!

It's pretty depressing that most people actually think this is perfectly fine.
 
calamity said:
lol....See the bold. Did you even realize you did that?
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Apparently you don't know we have a state and local government and that school funding is handled by the taxes in the state
 

My point exactly as that is a state and local responsibility to find a solution to the problem, not the Federal bureaucrats. you posted exactly what I meant to say
 

When emotion appears to be the principle force to which all reasoning is applied, I think you're asking too much.
 
ocean515 said:
When emotion appears to be the principle force to which all reasoning is applied, I think you're asking too much.
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What we have here are well intentioned liberals who think only with their hearts and in doing so create the massive central govt. we have today and the massive debt. Wonder how much that 400 billion or so in debt service would fund?
 

Okay, well good thing I never mentioned kids being fed. :lol:

But on that topic, I have no problem with the school lunch program feeding children.
 
Conservative said:
What we have here are well intentioned liberals who think only with their hearts and in doing so create the massive central govt. we have today and the massive debt. Wonder how much that 400 billion or so in debt service would fund?
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Better my heart be focused on helping educate and raise well children than focused on dropping bombs on them halfway around the world. For all you say about this massive government, how do you feel about the military and defense budget? The overreach of police? It's cool though because when it's things you support you can get behind it. I do too but at least I can admit it.
 
ocean515 said:
When emotion appears to be the principle force to which all reasoning is applied, I think you're asking too much.
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Oh and you don't think emotion is the force behind pretty much everything? Like with transgenders in the military, it's not about them it's the emotion people have about them.
 
PeteEU said:
LOL, his main "wages" comes from his many visits to his own properties where the taxpayer has to pay 3 million or so per visit... which is pretty much every weekend.
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Hush now. We'd rather pay millions of dollars for his travel expenses than invest in the well being of our children and then cry about how the government shouldn't be paying for ridiculous programs. /s.
 

But "equal protection" means that only those 2 million kids should get about $800 each in (special?) federal help under the federal power of education.

Every federal spending program can be shown to do some good so none of them should ever be cut and all of them should get more funding each and every year becuase the constitution plainly says so - look it up.
 
americanwoman said:
Hush now. We'd rather pay millions of dollars for his travel expenses than invest in the well being of our children and then cry about how the government shouldn't be paying for ridiculous programs. /s.
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Making America Great ain't Cheep :2razz:

Maybe he can Donate some Red Hats for starving children to eat.
 
americanwoman said:
Oh and you don't think emotion is the force behind pretty much everything? Like with transgenders in the military, it's not about them it's the emotion people have about them.
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Humans are an emotional species. It a powerful force, and certainly can compel one towards both good, and evil.

There is a reason people came up with such phrases as "take a deep breath", and "think before you act".

In my experience, emotion tends to cloud sound judgement, as it usually doesn't allow much room for consideration of "consequence".

Consequence needs to be given greater weight than many currently allow.
 

Ain't Pro-Life Great?
 
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