signalmankenneth (03-26-2019)
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Another day another example of callous, conservative selfish greed.
Cut money for programs that benefit disabled children so CEO's can shove another few thousand a year into their pockets.
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Betsy DeVos defends Special Olympics budget cuts: 'We had to make some difficult decisions'
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/4...-difficult?amp
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos defended budget cuts to programs including the Special Olympics on Tuesday.
Appearing before a House subcommittee Tuesday to review the department's proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year, DeVos said, "We had to make some difficult decisions."
DeVos's 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 don't 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.
Last year, DeVos donated a portion of her salary to the Special Olympics, according to Politico.
Tuesday was DeVos's first appearance before a Democrat-controlled House panel.
Formerly the chairwoman of the Michigan Republican Party, DeVos was approved as Trump's pick to lead the Department of Education following a contentious confirmation hearing with strong pushback from Republicans.
DeVos has long been an advocate for school choice, and her proposed budget includes increased charter school funding.
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Repugnants are shameless scumbags.
C'MON MAN!!!!
signalmankenneth (03-26-2019)
They have a solid point about donations. This is much adout nothing by typical reactionary, know nothing SoMad.
Damn, what is Nomads kids going to participate in now?
Keep changing the names. It doesn't change the meaning.
Abortion
Pro-Choice
Women's rights
Women's Health
Special Olympics is a non-profit organization.
Support comes from roughly...
Contributions, gifts & grants are 86.5%
Government grants are 13.3%
https://www.charitynavigator.org/ind...id=4486#charts
Abortion rights dogma can obscure human reason & harden the human heart so much that the same person who feels
empathy for animal suffering can lack compassion for unborn children who experience lethal violence and excruciating
pain in abortion.
Unborn animals are protected in their nesting places, humans are not. To abort something is to end something
which has begun. To abort life is to end it.
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