Donald Trump Withholding $7 Billion In School Funds, No Reason, Just Being A Prick

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https://www.wonkette.com/p/donald-trump-withholding-7-billion
Doktor Zoom

What’s left of the US Department of Education told state education agencies across the nation Monday that they can’t have some $6.8 billion in funding they’d been expecting to be released on Tuesday as part of the normal budgeting process. The funds were passed by Congress in March as part of the continuing resolution that kept the government open, but just because Congress makes appropriations doesn’t mean Donald Trump has to release them, because Russ Vought told him the Constitution no longer applies to him. By law, the funds were supposed to be released on July 1, but again, laws are but playthings for Great Leader, who am the Law.

As Education Week explains, American school districts and state school agencies had foolishly gotten into the habit of thinking things remained somewhat normal after the Ascension to the Throne of Mad King Donald.

Thousands of school districts and dozens of states that had banked on those funds to cover staff salaries, vendor contracts, curriculum materials, technology tools, and other priorities will now have to consider slashing student services—including some mandated by federal law—or tapping other funding sources if the federal money doesn’t show up on time or at all.

We believe the operative cliché here is from former Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, regarding the Medicaid cuts in the Senate’s version of the Big Murder Bill: “They’ll get over it.” Not like they have much choice, because this is Donald Trump’s country now, and not even the courts are allowed to tell him what to do anymore. At least, not in time for summer programs schools had already budgeted for.

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