Being an old political nerd, when the Carter administration put in the Department of Education, I looked up an old clip from Ronald Reagan talking about the $10 billion that The Department of Education is now up to $270 billion. And I would ask people in the crowd, how many can say that the Department of Education is educating your child? And not one hand went up. (00:32–00:37)
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Asserts that the Department of Education's budget is $270 billion.
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