Dept. of Ed’s Big Flop: Why Parents Must Ditch the Bureaucratic Beast
Picture your kid’s school as a cash-stuffed piñata—swinging wildly, spilling crumbs, while bureaucrats hog the candy. In a fiery podcast, host Nick Frus—Virginia delegate and education committee warrior—teams with Tina “Queen of the Bees” and historian Christian Hines to skewer the U.S. Department of Education. Born 1979, gorging $238 billion yearly, it’s a bloated middleman—$140 billion props up higher ed’s ideological resorts, not your kindergartner’s math book. Test scores? Flat since ’70 despite a 245% spending hike. Parents, you’re the muscle—don’t let this beast rob your child’s future. Smash it, or starve it.
History’s Cash Grab
Nick traces the DOE’s roots—not to founders’ dreams, but to 1979’s union-backed Carter coup. “Article 1, Section 8? No education clause,” he snaps—states ruled till the 16th Amendment’s tax flood let feds bribe with your dollars. Originally a data gatherer (thanks, Andrew Jackson), it ballooned into a $33 billion (2000) to $173 billion (2024) behemoth. Parents, this isn’t benevolence—it’s extortion, siphoning your taxes to leash local schools with strings like Title IX’s gender edicts.
Budget’s Higher Ed Heist
Here’s the gut punch: $140 billion of DOE’s haul feeds student loans—1.62 trillion in federal debt—while K-12 and special ed get scraps. “Teacher pay lags, but college resorts thrive,” Tina fumes. Nick’s data? Top majors (engineering, finance) pay $68K-$88K; bottom (arts, psych) limp at $40K—yet loans flood both, bloating useless degrees. Parents, your kid’s Visual-Spatial Memory drills numbers while profs cash cushy checks—$2,400 per pupil could fund real learning, not leftist labs.
Author Quote“
It’s immoral to fund failure.
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Test Score Tumble
Nick’s killer stat: $245% spending spike since 1970, math scores up 1.9%, reading 0.4%. “271 today—back to 1990!” he roars—minority and low-income kids hit hardest, despite “equity” promises. Christian nods: “It’s a patronage racket, not progress.” Parents, your child’s desk time’s hijacked—COVID cash didn’t lift scores, just bureaucracy. The DOE’s noble mask? A trillion-dollar sham.
Key Takeaways:
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Late Bloomer: 1979 birth—$33B to $173B, no test score bump.
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Loan Lords: $140B subsidizes higher ed, not K-12 desks.
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Fix or Flush: Slash bloat, fund kids—$2,400 per pupil rocks.
Reform or Ruin?
Trump’s pledge—axe it—faces RINO wobbles (53 Senate seats, slim House edge). Nick’s dream? Slash it, redirect $2 billion overhead to states or kids—$2,400 per pupil could spark school choice. Tina’s tweak: Cap higher ed at one-third, flood K-12. Christian’s hammer? Schedule F—fire ideologues, starve Marxist mills. Parents, a lean DOE could work—if it quits woke and funds real classrooms.
Author Quote“
They’re not putting money into K-12—professors get it!
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The Villain’s Bloat: Power Starves Kids
The villain? A blob slurping your taxes—$1.8 billion on rent, $6.7 billion on staff—pushing trans flags over times tables. Nick’s mic drop: “It’s immoral to fund failure.” Parents, you’re the fix—demand results, not rhetoric. Trump’s win cracks the door; push it wide. Boost their Number Sense—because real education, not red tape, lifts every child’s potential.
