http://twitchy.com/dougp/2023/11/20/janet-yellen-says-our-natl-security-at-risk-unless-us-funds-ukraine-schools-and-teachers-n2389993
Before getting to what U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said about the importance of our government funding education in Ukraine, let's take a look at the situation at home:
The average test scores for U.S. 13-year-olds have dipped in reading and dropped sharply in math since 2020, according to new data from National Assessment of Educational Progress.
The average scores, from tests given last fall, declined 4 points in reading and 9 points in math, compared with tests given in the 2019-2020 school year, and are the lowest in decades. The declines in reading were more pronounced for lower performing students, but dropped across all percentiles.
The math scores were even more disappointing. On a scale of 500 points, the declines ranged from 6 to 8 points for middle and high performing students, to 12 to 14 points for low performing students.
But, not to worry ... self-proclaimed "education expert," zzshart - goat herding & buggering extraordinaire from the backwaters of Greece - says all is well as long as Miguel Cardona and Randi Weingarten remain in charge of indoctrinating American children without any hindrance from their parents.
With that in mind, Janet Yellen said in an interview that it's important for the U.S. to prioritize education in Ukraine because it's in America's national security interest:
Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) ~ @SecYellen: ‘We can't allow Ukraine to lose a battle on the homefront because it lacks enough money to keep schoolteachers in the classroom."
Video ~ http://twitter.com/i/status/1726602373605576924
Excuse me, but ...
Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) ~ Yellen: "[Biden's requested $105 billion in foreign aid] is a critical priority for the president & critical to the national security of our country. I can’t prognosticate about the timetable on this, I’m pleased that Congress has passed legislation to keep the government open & running, but it really is essential that this aid be provided both to Israel and to Ukraine. We can’t allow Ukraine to lose a battle on the homefront because it lacks enough money to keep schoolteachers in the classroom and first responders on the job when it’s fighting valiantly on — on the battlefield.
So Ukraine is utterly dependent on this aid. We need to join others, the — the — our European friends are providing — have provided 50 billion euro of aid to Ukraine.
Over the next four years, the IMF has provided over 15 billion. They need us to do our part for this to hold together as a package. And of course, Israel urgently needs aid as well. And these — this aid is critical to the national security of America. We — if Putin were to win this brutal war in Ukraine next we might see him attacking a NATO ally of ours. We need to stop this.”
They really do have their "priorities," don't they?
a newsman (@a_newsman) ~ The average American eighth grader is reading at a third grade level and driving over two structurally deficient bridges to get to school.
Like we always say, when Biden took office he said the days of "America First" policies were over, and he was NOT joking.
GeorgieGirl44 (@georgie_girl44) ~ Get our own kids up to grade level first.
No kidding!
Calamity Jen (@realCalamityJen) ~ Ukraine is not the 51st state. I'm so sick of this crap.
Sean Davis (@seanmdav) ~ It's not enough for you to fund Ukraine's entire war that it has zero chance of winning. You also have to pay for Ukraine's schools and its teachers' salaries.
I don't mind giving Ukraine basic weaponry and ammunition with which to fight the Russians ... as long as it does not deplete our own military needs too far ... but, Ukrainians are NOT our dependents. Moronic Democrats fantasize that we Americans have the wherewithal to provide for every person on the planet. What infantile dipsh!ts.
Jim Lane (@JimLaneFL) ~ Someone tell her. Calm down. No more funding. The wars are just “tRaNsiTory.”
Just like inflation (according to Yellen almost three years ago).
Gerry Callahan (@GerryCallahan) ~ As you slog thru another Monday at the office, take heart. You're not just buying cluster bombs and Patriot missiles for Ukraine - you're paying the salaries of their teachers. Just as the Founding Fathers intended. 🤡
Bonnie Blue (@BonnieBlueTK) ~ We are paying for their war, paying for their government, and now this 'shroom brain wants to pay their teachers.
Your money is being confiscated to pay for virtually all of another country, while you figure out how to pay for increasing bills due to Bidenomics.
Yellen's comments sure help explain something:
Fast Eddie Caiazzo (@EddieCaiazzo) ~ Is that why Randi Weingarten was in the Ukraine?
Because that's where the money is!
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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