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Hermit-The-Prog

(33,346 posts)
Mon Mar 5, 2018, 09:51 PM Mar 2018

The Worst Secretary Of Education This Country Has Ever Seen

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/03/elizabeth-warren-calls-betsy-devos-the-worst-secretary-of-education-this-country-has-ever-seen/

Elizabeth Warren Calls Betsy DeVos “The Worst Secretary Of Education This Country Has Ever Seen”

A report from two Democratic lawmakers makes the case.


In her first year overseeing the Education Department, Secretary Betsy DeVos has been “a boon for for-profit colleges, student loan companies, and advocates of school privatization,” while harming public school students of all ages, according to a report released Thursday by two Massachusetts Democrats, Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Katherine Clark.

“Betsy DeVos is the worst Secretary of Education this country has ever seen—by a large margin,” Warren said in a statement. “Secretary DeVos has spent her first year bending over backwards to allow students to be cheated, taking an axe to public education, and undermining the civil rights of students across the country. Secretary DeVos has failed in her job and she must be held accountable.”

The report found that DeVos:


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[Full report linked in article]

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The Worst Secretary Of Education This Country Has Ever Seen (Original Post) Hermit-The-Prog Mar 2018 OP
I do not understand how such a Calvinist Christian dhol82 Mar 2018 #1
Calvinists are predestinationalists. longship Mar 2018 #6
Such a convenient religion dhol82 Mar 2018 #7
Just because you're filthy rich doesn't mean you're qualified to be democratisphere Mar 2018 #2
K&R smirkymonkey Mar 2018 #3
This is the Moron's morally and financially corrupt Cabinet at its best. BigmanPigman Mar 2018 #4
Betsy DeVos was nominated and confirmed to destroy public education. She is succeeding as planned. Freethinker65 Mar 2018 #5
You can add to that worst Secretary of State, worst Interior Secretary, worst Nitram Mar 2018 #8
+1000 Blue_Tires Mar 2018 #9

dhol82

(9,353 posts)
1. I do not understand how such a Calvinist Christian
Mon Mar 5, 2018, 09:58 PM
Mar 2018

Can be such a fucking piece of shit.
She should be in her basement flogging herself rather than having tea with the president.

longship

(40,416 posts)
6. Calvinists are predestinationalists.
Tue Mar 6, 2018, 12:30 AM
Mar 2018

Nothing one does in life, either good or bad, will change the fact that you were condemned to Hell at birth.

So, you see? It just doesn't matter. Might as well get it all while one can.

I live in rural west Michigan. They are all over the place here. You ought to drop in at Grand Rapids some day. Half the buildings downtown are named DeVos. It's also the world headquarters of the Dutch Reformed Church, Calvinists all. They even have a college there, Calvin College, Betsy Wetsy's alma mater. Vast numbers of the population have Dutch names. The area is their capital.

democratisphere

(17,235 posts)
2. Just because you're filthy rich doesn't mean you're qualified to be
Mon Mar 5, 2018, 10:16 PM
Mar 2018

Secretary of Education. Just like most of drumpf's country club cabinet picks DeVos is a mess! Secretary of Education should not be a damn patronage job!

BigmanPigman

(51,593 posts)
4. This is the Moron's morally and financially corrupt Cabinet at its best.
Mon Mar 5, 2018, 10:51 PM
Mar 2018

Who on the Cabinet is not out for their own financial gain and is not even qualified to run lemonade stand? Everyone of them is a crook and a proud Christian...go figure.

Nitram

(22,802 posts)
8. You can add to that worst Secretary of State, worst Interior Secretary, worst
Tue Mar 6, 2018, 01:42 PM
Mar 2018

Secretary of Labor, Worst Energy Secretary, worst Secretary of HUD, worst EPA Administrator, worst Attorney General...

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