President Trump has spent the last three years telling the American people that he’s fighting for them. But his actions—like releasing a budget proposal that slashes $5.6 billion in education funding—speak louder than words. (1/5)
For starters, those cuts will eliminate 29 federal elementary and secondary education programs, including grants that nearly 18,000 rural school districts rely on. That’s unacceptable. (2/5)
The President’s budget would also rip $865 million away from low-income students pursuing two- and four-year college degrees. (3/5)
There’s more. Instead of fixing the student loan crisis, this budget would make students pay interest while they’re still in school, cut federal loan programs, and make some borrowers pay more, over longer periods of time. That's the opposite of productive. (4/5)
Every child—regardless of where they live or how much money their parents make—deserves a shot. Cutting their chance to get an education so you can keep giving massive corporations tax breaks doesn’t make you fiscally responsible, Mr. President. It makes you heartless. (5/5)
