BUT IT'S FOR THE KIDS! – AT 8:08 A.M. ET:  Once again the education industry is demanding its share of national treasure.  How can we turn it down?  It's for the kids!  From Fox:

Education Secretary Arne Duncan is asking lawmakers to put aside “politics and ideology” as they consider a request for $23 billion in “emergency” funding for public schools – a measure Republicans reject as a massive federal bailout for the teachers’ unions.

Yeah, we've watched the way the Obama administration puts aside politics and ideology. 

The Obama administration is supporting the bill, formally titled the Keep Our Educators Working Act and sponsored by Rep. George Miller (D-CA) and Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA).

Mr. and Mr. Liberal.

In a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) dated May 13, Duncan warned that if the bill is not enacted, “millions” of school children will be adversely affected and the ensuing damage will “undermine the groundbreaking reform efforts underway in states and districts all across the country.”

It's a crisis.  It's the end of the world.  Don't you see?  The kids!  The kids!

Many Republicans oppose the measure, citing previous federal outlays for education, the size of the federal deficit, and the fact that the bill forces no spending cuts elsewhere in order to pay for itself.

Yup.  That's right.  Education is a bloated, inefficient industry, that constantly produces disappointing results.  You want some additional funding, look at the number of "administrators" who are employed, and then check out their political connections.

“This is a bipartisan issue -- politics and ideology, around education, we have to put to the side,” Duncan said during an appearance on “Fox and Friends” on May 21.

I'm surprised he hasn't said that we need this because we're at war.  Of course, then he might have to say who we're at war with, and you know how the Obamans feel about that.

Demand savings and cuts from the educational establishment.  Then we'll see about federal grants.

May 24, 2010