Sec of Education Betsy Devos propsed budget drops funding for special Olympics

[mazrim]

Wish Trump would not have buckled on this one.

[loco]

Wish Trump would not have buckled on this one.

Trump felt sorry for Howard.

[Primemuscle]

Prime- i thought you were a feminist? Why would you attack women? I never see you go after Pelosi or AOC- both bobble heads to the 10 th degree.

Well then, you thought wrong. I'm a personist (no such word but it fit anyway). Man or woman, I'll call it as I see it. I agree with the concept that women should be treated as equals in every respect. This means for all their actions, whether good or bad. If you wanna ride the train, buy a ticket or get thrown off like everyone else does. As for Pelosi, her comment about the GOP being  "scaredy-cats" does not befit someone in her position. Maybe she was trying to be funny....I didn't laugh. But then, some accuse me of not having a sense of humor. I'm not sure whether Pelosi is cunningly effective or just ridiculous. Either way, it appears some folks buy her tactics.

At the moment, I pretty much distrust all politicians....oh wait, I have always questioned their honesty. The political scene is a complete circus, IMO.  

[myt1]

Did you see the clip of her being questioned? She's a real bitch. "YOU'RE FIRED" ....!

Score one for Trump. He shut her down. 

Did you even bother to read the SO's Income Statement, and salary info I posted?  I'm actually disappointed in Trump over this.

Explain to me why a charity that has a net excess of over $18M annually, and over $80M in net assets needs the same amount as their excess ($18M) set aside for them from our tax dollars, while taking away from actual education programs when the inner city kids can't even string a sentence together?  

You do realize some of those kids don't even have the necessary books for their curriculum, and that's part of the reason they just don't bother going to school, right?

Not every schoolroom in America looks like the one's on your local news in your cozy little OR town ya know?  No computers, take home laptops, hardly any teachers that care, etc.
Funny how the compassionate left thinks they are so caring, because they throw a hissy fit over something like this, but they have no clue what the less fortunate deal with.  

Most of them wouldn't do shit to help one of these kids in real life.  I know because I used to work with a couple with DS, and the way they were treated and talked down to by some was sickening.  Meanwhile, I'm fucking wiping boogers off one of the kid's face every other day, because he thinks it's funny how upset my bitch co-worker gets about it.  They're smarter than people think, and funnier!

Yep, already fully funded (by charitable donations) org for sporting events for the disabled is surely a better place for $18M education dollars than in the hood, right?
 
Never mind...forgot who I was asking to think critically

[myt1]

Well then, you thought wrong. I'm a personist (no such word but it fit anyway). Man or woman, I'll call it as I see it. I agree with the concept that women should be treated as equals in every respect. This means for all their actions, whether good or bad. If you wanna ride the train, buy a ticket or get thrown off like everyone else does. As for Pelosi, her comment about the GOP being  "scaredy-cats" does not befit someone in her position. Maybe she was trying to be funny....I didn't laugh. But then, some accuse me of not having a sense of humor. I'm not sure whether Pelosi is cunningly effective or just ridiculous. Either way, it appears some folks buy her tactics.

At the moment, I pretty much distrust all politicians....oh wait, I have always questioned their honesty. The political scene is a complete circus, IMO.  

No you're not.  You're a belief protectionist.  Period.

[Primemuscle]

Did you even bother to read the SO's Income Statement, and salary info I posted?  I'm actually disappointed in Trump over this.

Explain to me why a charity that has a net excess of over $18M annually, and over $80M in net assets needs the same amount as their excess ($18M) set aside for them from our tax dollars, while taking away from actual education programs when the inner city kids can't even string a sentence together?  

You do realize some of those kids don't even have the necessary books for their curriculum, and that's part of the reason they just don't bother going to school, right?

Not every schoolroom in America looks like the one's on your local news in your cozy little OR town ya know?  No computers, take home laptops, hardly any teachers that care, etc.
Funny how the compassionate left thinks they are so caring, because they throw a hissy fit over something like this, but they have no clue what the less fortunate deal with.  

Most of them wouldn't do shit to help one of these kids in real life.  I know because I used to work with a couple with DS, and the way they were treated and talked down to by some was sickening.  Meanwhile, I'm fucking wiping boogers off one of the kid's face every other day, because he thinks it's funny how upset my bitch co-worker gets about it.  They're smarter than people think, and funnier!

Yep, already fully funded (by charitable donations) org for sporting events for the disabled is surely a better place for $18M education dollars than in the hood, right?
 
Never mind...forgot who I was asking to think critically

You digress.

Information from Charity Navigator (the link you posted):

Special Olympics overall rating = 4 out of 4 stars

Special Olympics Program Expenses
(Percent of the charity's total expenses spent on the programs
and services it delivers)   83.0%

[myt1]

You digress.

Information from Charity Navigator (the link you posted):

Special Olympics overall rating = 4 out of 4 stars

Special Olympics Program Expenses
(Percent of the charity's total expenses spent on the programs
and services it delivers)   83.0%

It should have a 4 star rating you dimwit.  They get $100,000,000+ in revenues

All you did was prove my point that it doesn't fuckin need $18M in tax revenue from the Dept of Education budget.  What's 17% of $100,000,000?

You're too busy trying to convince everyone you want to save the world, that you can't be bothered to break the emergency glass to grab the extinguisher to put out the cause of the education dumpster fire happening in the U.S.


Jackass!

[Primemuscle]

It should have a 4 star rating you dimwit.  They get $100,000,000+ in revenues

All you did was prove my point that it doesn't fuckin need $18M in tax revenue from the Dept of Education budget.  What's 17% of $100,000,000?

You're too busy trying to convince everyone you want to save the world, that you can't be bothered to break the emergency glass to grab the extinguisher to put out the cause of the education dumpster fire happening in the U.S.


Jackass!

Ha, ha. Charity ratings are primarily based on the ratio of dollars spent on the actual program. As a layman, you have no idea what the Special Olympics needs. You have your opinion and a lack of philanthropic experience on which to base it.

[myt1]

Ha, ha. Charity ratings are primarily based on the ratio of dollars spent on the actual program. As a layman, you have no idea what the Special Olympics needs. You have your opinion and a lack of philanthropic experience on which to base it.

As always, you failed to understand the point I was making.  So shocking it's boring at this point. At trying to explain it to you is just pointless.

BTW, how the fuck do you know what my "lack of" experience with charities is dipshit? You're way off old fart.

I'm honestly realizing you are the dumbest person I've ever interacted with on any message board.  Howard is the most desperate by far, but the dunce cap is all yours sir.

[mazrim]

As always, you failed to understand the point I was making.  So shocking it's boring at this point. At trying to explain it to you is just pointless.

BTW, how the fuck do you know what my "lack of" experience with charities is dipshit? You're way off old fart.

I'm honestly realizing you are the dumbest person I've ever interacted with on any message board.  Howard is the most desperate by far, but the dunce cap is all yours sir.

He's literally been replying to your posts all day trying to make himself appear clever/rebut but keeps digging deeper and portraying that he really does have major comprehension issues. It's staggering how consistently oblivious he is.

[Primemuscle]

As always, you failed to understand the point I was making.  So shocking it's boring at this point. At trying to explain it to you is just pointless.

BTW, how the fuck do you know what my "lack of" experience with charities is dipshit? You're way off old fart.

I'm honestly realizing you are the dumbest person I've ever interacted with on any message board.  Howard is the most desperate by far, but the dunce cap is all yours sir.

I'm smart enough to know that no one is forcing you to interact with me. It's you're choice. So, don't complain when you are suckered into doing it.

You're right. I don't know how much you give to charity. I was guessing based on some of your posts regarding your views on philanthropy.

Hint when no one gets your point, you have not done a good job communicating it.

[Gregzs]

Dept. Of Education Discloses Illegal Seizure Of $2.2 Billion From Student Loan Borrowers


In response to a class action lawsuit filed by student loan borrowers, the U.S. Department of Education disclosed that it had intercepted and seized over $2.2 billion in tax refunds owed to a million student loan borrowers, in violation of the CARES Act.

The CARES Act suspended all collections on defaulted federally-held student loans from March 13, 2020 until September 30, 2020. The Act mandates that involuntary collections efforts by the U.S. Department of Education and U.S. Department of Treasury — including the interception and seizure of tax refunds — are to be suspended.

A spokesperson for the Department stated that those seized tax refunds have been returned to borrowers. However, student loan borrowers in the suit allege otherwise. The lead Plaintiff in the class action suit claims that the government intercepted a nearly $7,000 tax refund owed to both her and her husband in April, in violation of the CARES Act. Improperly seized tax refunds are supposed to be returned to impacted student loan borrowers, but the lawsuit alleges that this has not happened.

In a press release, Aaron Ament, president of Student Defense (one of the organizations representing the class of student loan borrowers, along with Democracy Forward), stated, “The Department of Education has now admitted to offsetting more than a million student borrowers’ tax refunds in the middle of the pandemic — a practice now prohibited under the CARES Act. We need answers right now, to establish how this was allowed to happen, how many borrowers have been wronged, and how many are still waiting for their money to be refunded.”

Democracy Forward’s senior counsel, Jeffrey Dubner, stated “In response to our class action lawsuit, Trump’s Department of Education admits that it seized billions of dollars in tax refunds from millions of student borrowers, continuing well into the expanding pandemic. It's stunning that the Trump administration insisted on snatching refunds from families who rely on this money to keep their heads above water. Our lawsuit will continue moving forward to hold the Trump administration accountable for this egregious and continuing mismanagement.”

The class-action suit, Cole v. Mnuchin and DeVos, was filed on May 29 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The suit alleges that the government’s actions violate the Administrative Procedures Act.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamminsky/2020/06/01/dept-of-education-discloses-illegal-seizure-of-22-billion-from-student-loan-borrowers/?fbclid=IwAR1xyoLd_iVAxWZXNAdc9fhm5uwjMNcvTfC4Nb6W51-y0trYzVI0QZQQInY#5a3f58e25ede