Mitt Romney makes 14 billion dollar gaffe. Does Mitt Romney have an understanding of what the government pays for?
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2012/06/13 12:47:25
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Mitt Romney was only off by billions of dollars when he said Tuesday that the federal government doesn't pay for police officers, firefighters and teachers.
Trying to counter criticism from the White House, Romney argued that
it was "completely absurd" to say he would cut the hiring of such civil
servants because the federal government plays no part in those
decisions.
"That's a very strange accusation," Romney said on "Fox &
Friends." "Of course, teachers and firemen and policemen are hired at
the local level and also by states. The federal government doesn't pay
for teachers, firefighters or policemen. So obviously that is completely
absurd."
Read More: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/12/mitt-romn...
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Chris - The Rowdy One! #187 2012/06/13 12:54:20Yes, the 14 billion dollar oversight was understandable.
may be sent to the states to suppliment the paying of these public employees, but
it is the cities and towns that hire them.
hires.
I repeat, " Federal money
may be sent to the states to suppliment the paying of these public employees, but
it is the cities and towns that hire them."
They also have to provide all the benefits that they acrue for retirement, and that
is what is bankrupting local and state governments....... That is the problem. Just
look at California!
The Federal government does give money to states but states can use it as they see fit.
The point is that police, fire, and school teachers are not Federal employees, they are state and city employees.
Those lemmings swallow up anything...
need I say more?
i haven't seen one in a LONG time.
this one wasn't funny. it was kind of stupid.
Until they started the day off with nothing more then BS for conservatives.... I gave them up in 98' or 99... Right before GWBush was elected. I knew how GWB govern Texas... and I knew then as did many Texans how Big a mistake he was.
meh. nothing going for it...
Right now I'm hooked on Morning Joe...
CNN is full of airheads... and Fox and Friends... well let's just say you can hear the wind blowing between all of their ears.
i might watch House Hunters or Storage Wars.
basically just to have noise on...
Why do they only act civil on MSNBC.. LOL
Most people I know here in Texas thought Shrub Bush was a complete idiot.
http://blogs.edweek.org/edwee...
Major programs that use federal funds include:
ESEA, Title I: $13.3 billion
IDEA, Part B, Grants to States: $11.1 billion
Improving Teacher Quality: $2.9 billion
21st Century Community Learning Centers: $991.1 million
English Language Learners: $675.8 million
Impact Aid (schools impacted by military bases and other facilities): $1.2 billion
What the hell is wrong with Romney? Has he never heard of No Child Left Behind? The stimulis awarded money to each state for police and fire academies. It was up to the state to determine which cities had the most need.
Keep talking, Romney, Keep talking. Buffoon.
IDEA is extremely UNDERfunded versus what the bill requires. that difference is why many school districts struggle to budget effectively because of catastrophic special ed costs. the feds 'promised' 45% payments and they actually come in at less than 15%. Grants? for a federal mandate that pays closer to 0% than the statutorily 'promised' level? thanks for almost nothing.
Improving teacher quality? what a great idea. but lets focus on the level of mediocrity that we get for ALL those billions and billions spent. spending $3B more isn't going to make a whit of difference.
another BILLION on 21st Century Learning Communities? along with Race to the Top and Common Core, what we are seeing is a co option of local control for federal control.
LOL! English language learners? close the borders and zero that one out.
Impact Aid is supposed to cover the COSTS of having those federal plants there. that's a reimbursement, that's not a grant.
what the hell is wrong with you? NCLB is an ABJECT failure. its a Bush era bipartisan disaster. we're testing the crap out of the kids and we're STILL mediocre by any measurement. but let's throw more money at it?
the stimulus kicked the headcount bomb down the road for a couple years. right now, its a b...
IDEA is extremely UNDERfunded versus what the bill requires. that difference is why many school districts struggle to budget effectively because of catastrophic special ed costs. the feds 'promised' 45% payments and they actually come in at less than 15%. Grants? for a federal mandate that pays closer to 0% than the statutorily 'promised' level? thanks for almost nothing.
Improving teacher quality? what a great idea. but lets focus on the level of mediocrity that we get for ALL those billions and billions spent. spending $3B more isn't going to make a whit of difference.
another BILLION on 21st Century Learning Communities? along with Race to the Top and Common Core, what we are seeing is a co option of local control for federal control.
LOL! English language learners? close the borders and zero that one out.
Impact Aid is supposed to cover the COSTS of having those federal plants there. that's a reimbursement, that's not a grant.
what the hell is wrong with you? NCLB is an ABJECT failure. its a Bush era bipartisan disaster. we're testing the crap out of the kids and we're STILL mediocre by any measurement. but let's throw more money at it?
the stimulus kicked the headcount bomb down the road for a couple years. right now, its a buyer's market for teachers, police, and fire personnel. and that's because most of those costs are borne by local taxpayers. the feds can't possibly come up with enough cash to make any sort of dent in those numbers, nor should they.
i'm not pleased with how Romney looks to handle the education side, anyway. to me, its a lot of rehashed Bush2 leadership. Obama has had a terrible terrible impact on education by making a baldly federal push to nationalize local education.
Obama MUST go.
You do go on. If someone asked you about the weather, you would drone on about the ice age.
Bottom line.. Romney apparently doesn't know the Dept of Ed is a Cabinet-level department of the United States government that allocates money to the states, largely through grants.
those grants come with a lot of stipulations. none good.
that 'history' is to show what a screwed up bargain we're making with our gov't. if you don't know how we got here, how can your 'opinion' have any relevance? as far as you're seemingly concerned, you don't want less of this abortion, you want more.
its nice how you can draw a random conclusion about Romney, though. this attempt at democrat distraction won't make the news cycle...
at least, not like this.
its one thing for the federal gov't to donate money to states and localities to provide extras they thing may be important, its quite another for the federal gov't to be the only visible means of support
i know in our school district, we don't use federal dollars to hire. every staff member gets paid for from local property tax.