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The Education Budget: Where Would You Start?

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Do you ever daydream about winning the lottery? Where would you start? What you would buy/donate/pay off/put aside/set up first? Imagine, if you will, an opportunity to tell the national lottery (a.k.a. the annual federal budget) where to start when it comes to early childhood education. Oh -- and yes -- this is no lottery. This is real. This is cold, hard, taxpayer-earned cash. What would you do first, if you were in charge?

When did a billion dollars become mundane chump change?

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When does it stop? The only tool we as Americans have is our vote. Outrage at the Republicans brought Change, only no one was told that the Change would be even more spending without our permission.

Time to set Ben Bernanke up with Suze Orman?

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Forget governmental advisors and Harvard economists – we’d be better off setting our national financial policy with the “Duh!” advice from pop money shows. I would love to see Ben Bernanke call in to the Suze Orman show for the “Can I afford it?” segment…

SUZE: Hey everybody, we’ve got a special caller today! It’s Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben Bernanke!

BEN: Hi Suze. Thanks for taking my call. Love your show. I’m a big fan.

SUZE: Thanks, Ben. Right back atcha. So, what can I do for you today?

BEN: Well, I know you normally take only one question per caller, but since these purchases are going to effect say, three hundred million or so people, you mind making an exception and running down a little list for me?

SUZE: No problem. Lay it on me. What do you want to buy?

BEN: Well, first I’d like to give everybody around $300 bucks, so it’ll cost me about $145 billion, give or take.

SUZE: I’m all for being generous Ben, but give me a little background here. Why do you want to make this purchase?