This gets very tiresome...
To mark the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, President Bush spoke today at the Dr. Martin Luther King Charter School for Math and Science, “armed with facts and figures” to show how much he has done. This appearance marked the fourth time in a row that Bush has chosen a charter school as a backdrop for his Gulf Coast appearance.
Today, Bush proclaimed, “I come telling the folks in this part of the world we still understand the problems.” He bragged that the federal government has provided Louisiana with $700 million in emergency education funds to rebuild the school system. “I believe in freedom to manage and accountability to make sure everybody learns,” said Bush. “It’s what I call challenging the soft bigotry of low expectations.”
But a new report by the Atlanta-based Southern Education Foundation finds that the Bush administration has largely shortchanged the Gulf Coast’s schools. Some highlights:
But a new report by the Atlanta-based Southern Education Foundation finds that the Bush administration has largely shortchanged the Gulf Coast’s schools. Some highlights:
– “The estimated cost of hurricane-related destruction in K-12 and higher education in Mississippi and Louisiana is $6.2 billion, but “the federal government has provided only $1.2 billion.”
– Just 2 percent of the federal government’s reconstruction funding went toward education recovery. “For every $2.5 billion spent for other purposes over the last two years, the federal govenrment has found only $1 to spend for Katrina-related education.”
– Foreign governments contributed $131.5 million to recovery funding for Louisiana colleges, slightly more than the $135 million contributed by the U.S. government.
– Just 2 percent of the federal government’s reconstruction funding went toward education recovery. “For every $2.5 billion spent for other purposes over the last two years, the federal govenrment has found only $1 to spend for Katrina-related education.”
– Foreign governments contributed $131.5 million to recovery funding for Louisiana colleges, slightly more than the $135 million contributed by the U.S. government.
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Let's see how the Gerbil gives out our tax dollars.
One Trillion dollars plus to Iraq
1.2 Billion to Katrina contrators
zeo to the victims
All Hail our Dictator and he speaks from the Twilight Zone
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