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Do you support dismantling the Department of Education?

Do you support dismantling the Department of Education?

Yes

9

No

1

Yes

6 Comments
Eric Smith
4
Eric Smith

The Marxists have essentially taken over this federal organization and it has been filtered down into the public schools over the past 50 years. Destroy it and start over.

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Steve Baumann
3
Steve Baumann

The quality of education has dropped when we should be at or near the top. Somehow the department lost track of who the customers are. The students and the parents. People need to understand, this is not the elimination of the department, it is the right sizing of it.

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Cindy L. Robinson
3
Cindy L. Robinson

we need to get back to reading, writing, math, shop, Home Economics and our United States History

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Max DeYoung
2
Max DeYoung

After $3 trillion dollars spent on the DOE since 1979, test scores, reading rates, and global education rankings have dropped significantly. There are better ways to help the states educate their children.

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Toasty
2
Toasty

Teacher's unions, bureaucracy, federal regulations have failed our kids. Give the power (and money) back to the schools and let teachers do what they do best, teach. No more common core nonsense, DEI, and lets start with reading. Reading, writing, arithmetic, the rest will figure itself out.

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David Dean
2
David Dean

The DoE has no mandate in the constitution. Education policy should be determined and enforced at the local level as the founders intended.

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No

1 Comment
Glenda Bono
1
Glenda Bono

Our special needs children need a federal department of education to oversee that the states educates them appropriately.

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Zaos Gonzolez
Zaos Gonzolez

How about you educate your only child Karen. Absolving your responsibility is what the government wants you to do.

Max DeYoung
Max DeYoung

After $3 trillion dollars spent on the DOE since 1979, test scores, reading rates, and global education rankings have dropped significantly.

Steve Baumann
Steve Baumann

Trump understands that. Anyone saying otherwise is not being truthful. MAGA supports all of those that truly need help. Too many have taken advantage of the system, and been allowed to do so. Soon, those worthy of need shall have more of it.

Are you happy to see Elon Musk leave his White House role?

Are you happy to see Elon Musk leave his White House role?

Yes

2

No

7

Yes

2 Comments
Ann Hamlin
0
Ann Hamlin

With his biases, he should not be using his position to meddle in gov on his own behalf. He's looking after no one but himself.

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Max DeYoung
Max DeYoung

Both of Steve's comments are true and accurate.

Steve Baumann
Steve Baumann

I totally disagree, he needs nothing and was only working to help the majority. The waste uncovered is excessive, no one can argue that.

Fred
0
Fred

He's an absolute nutcase. And an immigrant from South Africa, who grew up under apartheid, with no security clearance, has any business ransacking our government, accessing private data or having any influence of government departments investigating his businesses.

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Steve Baumann
Steve Baumann

He's also brilliant, accomplished and worked for us, the Americans, for free.

No

4 Comments
Aaron Salsman
1
Aaron Salsman

Has anyone triedmore MAGA??? We need more MAGA!

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Steve Baumann
1
Steve Baumann

While I understand he had limited time, I feel more time would have benefited the country. That being said, I am grateful for the time he gave and the job he did. I look forward to seeing the results in the near future.

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Max DeYoung
1
Max DeYoung

I hope he trained the people he left behind. He did an amazing job in only 130 days.

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t c
1
t c

He has uncovered so much waste and corruption in the US Government. I only wish congress acted on what he found!

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Is using public financing for professional sports teams a good investment?

Is using public financing for professional sports teams a good investment?

Yes

0

No

7

Yes

0 Comment
No one has commented yet

No

4 Comments
Max DeYoung
3
Max DeYoung

Why should people in Central and eastern Missouri be required to finance something for Kansas City. Totally insane.

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Bill Douglas
Bill Douglas

The rest of the state is paying $200M for all the new stuff being built at UM football stadium in Columbia MO. No care about that???

Max DeYoung
Max DeYoung

I don't even like Taylor Swift.

Eric Smith
2
Eric Smith

Just more political corruption. They know they can do it and get away with it. They did it with Busch stadium and the additional ballpark village.

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Zaos Gonzolez
1
Zaos Gonzolez

I want the teams to leave.

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Bill Douglas
Bill Douglas

But let’s keep UM football in Columbia and $200 Million for new luxury suites, that’s worth it, right???!!!

Robert
0
Robert

How is this any different then if I ask for public funding to build on to my house?

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