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The “Education Drives America” Back-to-School Bus Tour starts Sept. 12, 2012. It will take The Department of Education Secretary Arne Duncan and senior ED staff coast-to-coast highlighting education successes and engaging communities in conversations about school reform (P-12), college affordability and completion, and the link between education and jobs.

http://www.ed.gov/blog/topic/bustour/

Whoop dee do.

It’s all good to get out of the office and mingle on how to improve our kids education but, the timing stinks. Hello, there is a huge teacher strike in Chicago. 350,000 kids, many reflecting the nations economic impoverished. Must be tough on Mayor Rahm to sit across the negating table with the folks who donated to his campaign to get him elected.

How much money is this bus tour costing the taxpayers? Bus looks pretty spiffy all wrapped up to advertise the tour. Fuel, food, accommodations. This can’t be cheap.

The FACT that we offer money to non-citizens is just, well like finger nails down a chalkboard. “Give us your tired and poor…” America is tired and getting poorer. And we still have no budget. Wouldn’t you like to have a 3 year spending spree with no payback in sight?

Then there’s this,

“Many non-U.S. citizens qualify for federal student aid. Don’t assume you can’t get aid just because you’re not a citizen.” See if you qualify.

There are some reasonable exceptions to why someone might be able to qualify for Federal money paying for school but being here illegally with an expired green card should not be one. How many foreign students get aid and then leave the country never getting a job or creating jobs or paying taxes? Hopefully more stay and participate in our democracy and become taxpayers.

Maybe b/c it’s Patriot Day, the 9-11 anniversary that brings back the memory of Pres O saying at some point that America wasn’t exceptional. Maybe it was when he was bowing to one of the Kings.

Well America is exceptional. American citizen students and people who are here legally should come first.

No exception.

Rant. You know you want to.

God Bless the USA.