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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBetsy DeVos calls Special Olympics "awesome" after proposed $18 millions in budget cuts.
Appearing before a House subcommittee Tuesday to review the departments proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year, DeVos said, We had to make some difficult decisions.
DeVoss remarks came in response to questions from Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.), who pressed her on the amount of kids the budget cut would impact.
I dont know the number of kids, DeVos said before Pocan answered that 272,000 kids would be impacted.
I think Special Olympics is an awesome organization, one that is well supported by the philanthropic sector as well, DeVos said.
The budget proposed by President Trump and supported by DeVos calls for nearly $18 million in cuts to the Special Olympics.
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/435918-betsy-devos-defends-special-olympics-budget-cuts-we-had-to-make-some-difficult
DeVoss remarks came in response to questions from Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.), who pressed her on the amount of kids the budget cut would impact.
I dont know the number of kids, DeVos said before Pocan answered that 272,000 kids would be impacted.
I think Special Olympics is an awesome organization, one that is well supported by the philanthropic sector as well, DeVos said.
The budget proposed by President Trump and supported by DeVos calls for nearly $18 million in cuts to the Special Olympics.
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/435918-betsy-devos-defends-special-olympics-budget-cuts-we-had-to-make-some-difficult
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Betsy DeVos calls Special Olympics "awesome" after proposed $18 millions in budget cuts. (Original Post)
Miles Archer
Mar 2019
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madaboutharry
(40,221 posts)1. She is old fashioned stupid.
She is a stupid woman with a lot of money and unqualified for her job.
CentralMass
(15,265 posts)2. These people ard the lowest of the low.
lpbk2713
(42,766 posts)3. " ... well supported by the philanthropic sector as well"
Which means ... "If they want any more money they will have to go begging for it."
Leghorn21
(13,526 posts)4. FWIW, she's getting eviscerated on twitter - "Special Olympics" is trending at #1, "Betsy DeVos", #2
Betsy DeVos, on cutting funding to the Special Olympics:
"We had to make some difficult decisions."
The Special Olympics cost around $18 million, or about the same as five of Trump's golf trips to Mar-a-Lago.
It's not a difficult decision. It's an evil one.
MF45 aint gonna like how this is playing out
Hope he agonizes over how to fix this
"We had to make some difficult decisions."
The Special Olympics cost around $18 million, or about the same as five of Trump's golf trips to Mar-a-Lago.
It's not a difficult decision. It's an evil one.
Link to tweet
MF45 aint gonna like how this is playing out
Hope he agonizes over how to fix this
Takket
(21,629 posts)5. some fun math
The proposed military budget for 2020 is $750 billion.
That is $2200 per person in the USA.
A 0.0024% cut to the 2020 military budget could fund the special olympics program.
THIS
IS
NOT
ABOUT
THE
MONEY
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,212 posts)6. She's so special
malaise
(269,182 posts)8. Guess she was pissed she wasn't invited
to the recent games
IcyPeas
(21,910 posts)9. not just Special Olympics - cuts to special education too - watch the exchange here [5 min VIDEO]
She is infuriating.
Pocan tries to get answers about:
25% of charter schools fail.
cuts to National and Technical Institute for the Blind. also cuts to federal program for printing books for blind students.
cuts to Galludet University (learning, teaching and research for deaf and hard-of-hearing students).
and the Special Olympics.
and yet 15.6% increase in executive salary appropriation...
just watch her answers (and what is up with her smile)
Link to tweet