Will Republicans End the Department of Education?

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While Republican Thomas Massie may have some enthusiasm for cutting the Department — and presumably the spending it entails — the Republican Party leadership has shown little hesitation to sign off on massive increases in spending.

All this, of course, reflects the Bush Administration's drive to greatly increase federal control over education policy as with his "No Child Left Behind" initiatives.

So, we're now again in a period of GOP control of both Congress and the White House. If recent history is any guide, we should brace ourselves for massive increases in departmental spending.

Given the fact that President Trump's agenda appears to primarily be composed of large increases in government spending and government power, we have no reason to expect otherwise.

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https://mises.org/blog/will-republicans-end-department-education-not-likely