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central scrutinizer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-24-05 10:28 AM
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Bush's Budget for 2006 May Propose Killing 2 Key Programs for College Acce
This is actually future breaking news, since the budget is not expected to be delivered to Congress until February 7, but the article is dated Jan. 24

http://chronicle.com/temp/email.php?id=la4ecdr8uw99frizrq04nn5zdh0ey1la

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President Bush may propose eliminating funds next year for two popular programs that help needy students prepare for college, in an effort to finance an expansion of his signature No Child Left Behind law to high-school students, higher-education advocates told The Chronicle last week.

The college-access programs, Upward Bound and Talent Search, have a combined budget of $460-million and serve a total of about 455,000 students and veterans. While Mr. Bush's proposal will not be certain until he releases his 2006 budget in early February, reports of the potential cuts have alarmed advocates of Upward Bound and Talent Search, which are part of the federal TRIO programs for disadvantaged students.

"These are popular, successful programs," Terry W. Hartle, senior vice president for government and public affairs at the American Council on Education, said of Upward Bound and Talent Search. "We'd be deeply reluctant to trade them in for an untried replacement."

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From a budgetary point of view, the savings from eliminating Upward Bound and Talent Search would barely make a dent in the proposed expansion of No Child Left Behind, which is projected to cost $1.5-billion. Advocates for the TRIO programs say that the shortfall will leave other, similar programs vulnerable to the budget ax.

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genieroze Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-24-05 10:30 AM
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1. A cut in education programs for needy people, what a surprise. NOT! eom
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RazzleCat Donating Member (336 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-24-05 10:43 AM
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2. Wait, remember the debate, education was always the answer
I guess it was education only for those who are already wealthy.
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fob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-24-05 02:44 PM
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5. Education is still the answer, and just to make sure FUNDING is still
the problem, bush* will axe these programs.
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saigon68 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-24-05 04:09 PM
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12. NO WAY -- "They can join the Service and go to Iraq-Nam
And earn their benefits", stated the AWOL CHIMPANZEE.
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Benhurst Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-24-05 01:32 PM
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3. It's their fault. These students chose their ancestors poorly. NT
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Horse with no Name Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-24-05 02:41 PM
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4. Things arent always what they seem though
You have to take into account that the kids that qualify for this aren't always underpriveleged because of lazy, non-productive welfare seeking people.
You have children of people who have suffered in this regime--jobs going overseas, military...etc.
Personally, Bush changed Workmans Comp in our state when he was "govenah" so that if you are injured here--you are flat out screwed.
I am a nurse and hurt my back lifting a patient who had fallen.
Our WC in this state is so corrupt that they already have you out of the system before you even see specialists or have MRI's done--it's insane and then you can't fight it. I understand that the WC in our state is so utterly destroyed that it will have to be abolished--too far gone to fix--but I digress.
Anyway--my daughter qualified for Upward Bound and is currently in it.
By the time she is out of High School--she will be a sophomore in college because of UB which means that she will become a productive college educated citizen in two years instead of four because of this program. For this--she gives up one weekend a month, does homework weekly and gives up half her summer to go to school--these kids are working for this "entitlement", not just getting handouts.
I cannot understand what these people are thinking?
It makes no sense to scrap good programs for bad.
But then again--we all knew that education, fair wages and healthcare were talking points with the Pugs--they didn't actually mean they were for all, just the ones that can afford it.
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Yavin4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-24-05 02:45 PM
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6. They Only Want Education for the Privileged Not The Poor
Killing educational opportunities for the poor keeps the military well-stocked with bodies.
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Benhurst Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-24-05 03:29 PM
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8. Exactly. NT
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rockedthevoteinMA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-24-05 02:48 PM
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7. What a f*cking surprise.
Edited on Mon Jan-24-05 02:50 PM by rockedthevoteinMA
So you mean to tell me he lied in the debates? I'm shocked! /sarcasm off.

It is really starting to feel like pursuing an education in this country is a ridiculous goal - the money is being stripped from these programs, and the Pell Grants. Without those many who attend community colleges (like * emphasized in the debates as being the cure to the outsourcing problem) won't be able to finish their education.

:grr:

Guess it's just one more thing I have to thank him for. But at least Bill Gates, Enron et al have lower taxes!!

Edit to correct terrible spelling due to rage.
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Benhurst Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-24-05 03:31 PM
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9. He wasn't lying in the debates -- it was that person
whispering into his ear-piece. Bush just forwarded the message.
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rockedthevoteinMA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-24-05 04:06 PM
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11. LOL... nice. n/t
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robbedvoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-24-05 03:33 PM
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10. The one thing he mumbled in debates: "edjumacation!"
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