US: Half of Department of Education be laid off

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The Education Department announced a drastic reduction in its workforce Tuesday, saying it's set to cut about half of its staff.

About 1,300 career employees will receive termination notices and will be given an opportunity to return to offices to turn in government property and clean out their desks Wednesday, the Department of Education said in a news release. Another 600 people previously accepted voluntarily resignations or early retirement.

Education Secretary Linda McMahon said in a statement that the layoffs reflect the department's "commitment to efficiency, accountability, and ensuring that resources are directed where they matter most: to students, parents, and teachers.”

The job cuts will perforate a department that enforces an array of anti-discrimination laws and campus safety rules and distributes funding to assist needy students, and which has drawn scorn from conservatives calling for its elimination ever since it was established during the Carter administration.

McMahon said in an interview Tuesday night that the layoffs were the first step on the road toward shutting down the department.

"That was the president's mandate — his directive to me," McMahon told Fox News host Laura Ingraham.

President Donald Trump cannot unilaterally get rid of a federal agency without congressional approval, which McMahon acknowledged.

NBC News reported last month that the White House is preparing an executive order to eliminate the agency altogether.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/education-department-lay-off-roughly-half-workforce-linda-mcmahon-rcna195038

 

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Fire half of the country and save some budget 

And accepting retirement where you get fixed income in the middle of recession and inflation is something else too

 

[MACATL 2,124]

Sabatage.  

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Trump really said ENOUGH EDUCATION FOR YALL AMERICANS, WE ARE DOING GREAT AND WE ARE MOST CLEVERER PEOPLE ON EARTH.

[Pandacadabra 9,180]

Yeah, this is so cool. People are way too educated these days. 

[Flareon Voyager 379]

All distraction to get the money for themselves because they know Americans are too stupid to understand anything.

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Tarrifs, cutting essential departments... they struggling to come up with the $4T needed to tax cut on the billionaires

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1 hour ago, MACATL said:

Sabatage.  

See and this is why we need the department of education. The children can’t spell. 

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I wonder what's gonna be the straw that breaks the camel's back for the average US citizen. I feel like when we snap, we're REALLY gonna snap. Interesting times we're living in. 

Poor kids. 

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1 hour ago, Roughhouse Dandy said:

the average US citizen

Considering the average us citizen is as smart as a... something that is not very smart, let's say, I do not think they could ever 'snap'. The most that could happen is people protesting on the streets and liberals being like "but we do not support violent protests!!!" while the republicans literally jail and deport whoever they want with no consequence. That's the US culture: republicans constantly pull things to the far right and the only thing democrats do when they have power is to stop things from turning 'left'. 
 

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9 minutes ago, Pennywise said:

Considering the average us citizen is as smart as a... something that is not very smart, let's say, I do not think they could ever 'snap'. The most that could happen is people protesting on the streets and liberals being like "but we do not support violent protests!!!" while the republicans literally jail and deport whoever they want with no consequence. That's the US culture: republicans constantly pull things to the far right and the only thing democrats do when they have power is to stop things from turning 'left'. 
 

I wonder if the theories that they want to keep their citizens uneducated, stupid, cut off, and pumped to the ears with propaganda to keep them controllable are not so farfetched after all.. keep them just smart enough to pull a lever in a factory and work for the capitalism machine, but just dumb enough that they'll keep voting in the people who use and abuse them without questioning anything

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First, they fascinate the fools. Then, they muzzle the intelligent

 

This is so accurate 

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1 hour ago, HotLikeMexico said:

See and this is why we need the department of education. The children can’t spell. 

I SCREAAMED and dropped my casrole on the flor.

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Taken out of the book on classic fascism. Make the general public dumber for easier control.

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2 hours ago, Pennywise said:

Considering the average us citizen is as smart as a... something that is not very smart, let's say, I do not think they could ever 'snap'. The most that could happen is people protesting on the streets and liberals being like "but we do not support violent protests!!!" while the republicans literally jail and deport whoever they want with no consequence. That's the US culture: republicans constantly pull things to the far right and the only thing democrats do when they have power is to stop things from turning 'left'. 
 

Considering we've already had a civil war once before when the average intelligence of the population was much lower, I think we've snapped before and we have the ability to do it again. 1/6 happened with support from government officials. Things are objectively getting more contentious and people are considering violence more acceptable than in recent years when protests have already turned violent. Not saying war is necessarily in our future, but Americans are absolutely capable of action.