Trump Education Nominee Betsy DeVos Lied to the Senate

There are many reasons Betsy DeVos’s nomination to serve as Donald Trump’s education secretary could be justifiably quashed by the U.S. Senate. Her long public record indicates she is a religious Christian zealot who does not believe in the actual separation of church and state, wants public monies funneled into religious schools, and has contributed through family foundations to bigoted groups with a militant anti-gay agenda. During her confirmation hearing she gave disturbing answers to questions about her views of the Americans With Disabilities Act, standardized tests, and school vouchers. (...)

Newly elected Democratic senator Margaret Hassan pressed DeVos on these claims. She asked DeVos directly if she was on the board of her mother’s foundation during the period in which large donations were made to Focus on the Family. DeVos said that she was not on the foundation’s board.

When I heard that, I pulled up the 990 tax documents of the Prince Foundation, which I investigated for my book “Blackwater.” Betsy DeVos was clearly listed as a vice president of the foundation’s board, along with her brother Erik, for many years, at least until 2014. DeVos was a vice president during the precise period Hassan was referring to. I then began a tweet storm about this lie: (...)

 Steely_D wrote:I wasn't answering, your point was well taken. It was just a snarky comment meant to reinforce your point, but way too obscure. My wife often reacts the same way.

 Steely_D wrote:
 
The CPI does not count medical costs as 18% of the inflation rate, it's more like 6 - 8 %. Funny that.

 rhahl wrote: 
What were they rising before? Was it not necessary to stop them from bankrupting the nation?
Was the ACA enacted as it was intended or did other forces cause it to be an ineffective program?
Who/what were those forces that prevented proper implementation of a national healthcare system that controlled costs?
Are those people now back in control of your healthcare? Will the future be any different from the years before the ACA? Why would you expect that?


 
And do you see how bringing this up in the Trump section deflects from the real issues:

Tax returns
Russian involvement
Corporate cronies and incompetents in the cabinet
Practical improvement of jobs and the economy for those in the USA 

 rhahl wrote: 
IF all the states had agreed to Medicaid expansion it would have helped a lot. Congress has already taken the first steps toward repealing that provision, among others.

 ScottFromWyoming wrote: 
Neither of them probably have a clue as to the sort of firearm it takes to actually take down a bear.

 ScottFromWyoming wrote: 
I thought Obamacare was supposed to fix that. But I have to say that eliminating pre-existing conditions was a real achievement. Hope it lasts.

 Red_Dragon wrote: 
Sure, but being part of the Prince family is a lot more chilling. By the way, her "guns in schools because grizzly bears" argument is probably informed by her mother, who lives part-time, up west of here in the thick of the bears. 

 ScottFromWyoming wrote: 
Also married to Dick DeVos, of Amway fame.

I just put 2 + 2 together and realized that Betsy DeVos is the sister of Erik Prince, founder of Blackwater.

He's a great businessman...

 rhahl wrote: 
10% a year is about the typical amount it's risen every year of our adult lives. Cost to insure a family has risen 1000% since 1980. 

 kcar wrote: 
I hope Trump knows what he is doing because Obama certainly didn't. Medical costs seem to be rising about 10% per year.

 rhahl wrote: 
The best! The pride of Mother Russia! And Vladimir made sure that Trumpers got a very good rate for the golden showers extras...

Health Law Repeal Could Cost 18 Million Their Insurance, Study Finds 

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If nothing followed the gutting of President Obama’s signature domestic achievement, the budget office said, 32 million people could lose their health insurance by 2026, and premiums in the individual insurance market could double. Senator Susan Collins, Republican of Maine, showed the unease of some in her party when she said that repealing the health care law and delaying a replacement could send insurance markets into “a death spiral.”

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Mr. Trump’s statement last week that a replacement plan should go hand in hand with repeal efforts had already ignited a sense of urgency among Republicans on Capitol Hill. Over the weekend Mr. Trump said he was close to completing a plan to replace the Affordable Care Act with the goal of “insurance for everybody,” but congressional aides said Tuesday that they had not seen an actual proposal.
 

Putin Says Doesn’t Believe Trump Met Prostitutes in Russia

Trump is “a grown man, and secondly he’s someone who has been involved with beauty contests for many years and has met the most beautiful women in the world,” Putin said. “I find it hard to believe that he rushed to some hotel to meet girls of loose morals, although ours are undoubtedly the best in the world.”

Polls show Trump with historically low approval ratings

The Unbelievable Baby-Man

 ScottFromWyoming wrote: 
So very presidential.

Every time I speak of the haters and losers I do so with great love and affection. They cannot help the fact that they were born fucked up!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 29, 2014

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