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originally posted by: Willtell
In a speech Thursday, Trump said making schools safer was a "top priority" for his administration.
Yet
President Trump's proposed 2019 budget would cut millions of dollars from federal education programs designed to help school districts improve safety and provide mental health assistance in the event of a tragedy. The budget proposal, which was unveiled earlier this week by the White House, would reduce funding for national school safety activities by $25 million compared to 2017, Politico reported.
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Budget undercuts Trump focus on mental health, school safety
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump is calling for a focus on mental health and school safety in response to shootings like the one that took 17 lives in Florida, but his budget would cut funding in both areas. Trump's latest budget would slash the major source of public funds for mental health treatment, the Medicaid program serving more than 70 million low-income and disabled people. The budget also calls for a 36 percent cut to an Education Department grant program that supports safer schools, reducing it by $25 million from the current level of $67.5 million.
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His rhetoric just doesn't match his actions
originally posted by: matafuchs
a reply to: Willtell
We are 20 trillion in debt. EVERY thing should have its funding reduced. It does not mean there is no money. There are reductions being made because of a bloated government.
Grants for School Safety are still readily available still.
originally posted by: NoCorruptionAllowed
originally posted by: Willtell
In a speech Thursday, Trump said making schools safer was a "top priority" for his administration.
Yet
President Trump's proposed 2019 budget would cut millions of dollars from federal education programs designed to help school districts improve safety and provide mental health assistance in the event of a tragedy. The budget proposal, which was unveiled earlier this week by the White House, would reduce funding for national school safety activities by $25 million compared to 2017, Politico reported.
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Budget undercuts Trump focus on mental health, school safety
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump is calling for a focus on mental health and school safety in response to shootings like the one that took 17 lives in Florida, but his budget would cut funding in both areas. Trump's latest budget would slash the major source of public funds for mental health treatment, the Medicaid program serving more than 70 million low-income and disabled people. The budget also calls for a 36 percent cut to an Education Department grant program that supports safer schools, reducing it by $25 million from the current level of $67.5 million.
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His rhetoric just doesn't match his actions
Why dump money into a false system of graft that isn't working? This is the Obama style approach to fixing things, just dump money into it and watch the problem grow even BIGGER while the payee's laugh all the way to the bank!
Trump's budget would also zero out the School Emergency Response to Violence program, known as Project SERV — funded at $1 million in 2017 — that in years past provided millions in funds used by the district in Newtown. However, Hill said that the grant program's funds carry over from year to year and the department projects that a current $5.2 million balance will be sufficient to meet needs through the next fiscal year.
originally posted by: Willtell
originally posted by: NoCorruptionAllowed
originally posted by: Willtell
In a speech Thursday, Trump said making schools safer was a "top priority" for his administration.
Yet
President Trump's proposed 2019 budget would cut millions of dollars from federal education programs designed to help school districts improve safety and provide mental health assistance in the event of a tragedy. The budget proposal, which was unveiled earlier this week by the White House, would reduce funding for national school safety activities by $25 million compared to 2017, Politico reported.
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Budget undercuts Trump focus on mental health, school safety
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump is calling for a focus on mental health and school safety in response to shootings like the one that took 17 lives in Florida, but his budget would cut funding in both areas. Trump's latest budget would slash the major source of public funds for mental health treatment, the Medicaid program serving more than 70 million low-income and disabled people. The budget also calls for a 36 percent cut to an Education Department grant program that supports safer schools, reducing it by $25 million from the current level of $67.5 million.
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His rhetoric just doesn't match his actions
Why dump money into a false system of graft that isn't working? This is the Obama style approach to fixing things, just dump money into it and watch the problem grow even BIGGER while the payee's laugh all the way to the bank!
So you cut it to the bone and hope magic cures the problem.
That’s makes a lot of sense
originally posted by: matafuchs
a reply to: Willtell
So Trumps Tax Package is allowing children to die in school shootings because rich people had their rates lowered? Think again about what you said???
originally posted by: jacobe001
originally posted by: ElGoobero
why is the federal government supposed to pay for this in the first place?
schools are local and support and programs should be locally done and paid for.
show me in the Constitution where 'school safety' is a federal mandate.
The Constitution also says it is the governments responsibility to promote the general welfare and provide for the defense of THiS nation. The only thing government is doing these days is providing for the welfare and defense to GLOBALISTS CORPORATIONS.
originally posted by: ElGoobero
why is the federal government supposed to pay for this in the first place?
schools are local and support and programs should be locally done and paid for.
show me in the Constitution where 'school safety' is a federal mandate.
originally posted by: Willtell
a reply to: worldstarcountry
The schools I work in all have mental detectors.
Real cops at every High School, regular guards on every floor even the little kid schools.
The doors are usually locked and there’s only one way in the front.
I hear at this school they didn’t have mental detectors?
That’s insane. Of course I don’t know if that’s true
originally posted by: EternalShadow
originally posted by: RazorV66
originally posted by: ElGoobero
why is the federal government supposed to pay for this in the first place?
schools are local and support and programs should be locally done and paid for.
show me in the Constitution where 'school safety' is a federal mandate.
States should hire armed guards for schools but there should be a strict screening process to hire only ex military or law enforcement.
I personally know 3 veterans (2 ex-Marines, 1 ex-Army), that said they would be willing to take a job as armed guards at schools if they were hiring for it.
If they are good enough to safeguard this country, they are good enough to guard schools.
And that strict screening process should apply to ex-military and law enforcement as well.
Do you really want some battle hardened, 5+ tour, PTSD ridden war veteran armed around a bunch of kids, let alone given a badge???!!
Personally, regardless of merit or record, they're should be a cutoff of no more than 2 tours of duty to qualify for law enforcement positions.
Wonder why the police are militarized? Why police are so jacked up and quick to shoot?? Quick to use excessive force and they get away with it 98% of the time???
Because there's this given that if you're ex-military you are pretty much guaranteed a position in law enforcement if all else fails. It becomes an exclusive club because of the bonds created in war....and then they bring that war to common citizens back home.
Personally, regardless of merit or record, they're should be a cutoff of no more than 2 tours of duty to qualify for law enforcement positions.
Wonder why the police are militarized? Why police are so jacked up and quick to shoot?? Quick to use excessive force and they get away with it 98% of the time???
Because there's this given that if you're ex-military you are pretty much guaranteed a position in law enforcement if all else fails. It becomes an exclusive club because of the bonds created in war....and then they bring that war to common citizens back home.