Well, would you look at that? President Trump is out here racking up victories, and this one is a doozy. He’s taking a chainsaw to the Department of Education, a bloated, wasteful bureaucracy that’s long outlived whatever flimsy excuse it had for existing in the first place. His latest move? Proposing to eliminate it entirely. And judging by the absolute meltdown on the Left, you can tell he’s onto something big.
Now, let’s get one thing straight: most people have no idea what the Department of Education actually does. There’s this bizarre belief floating around that the federal government foots the bill for every public school in America. Spoiler alert: it doesn’t. The vast majority of education funding comes from state and local governments, as it should. There’s no logical reason why taxpayers in Texas or Florida should be funding schools in California or New York. But hey, logic has never been the Left’s strong suit.
So where does the DOE’s $100 billion budget actually go? Mostly to one thing: federal student aid. That’s right—your tax dollars are paying to inflate the cost of college tuition, shovel billions into the higher education industry, and churn out a new generation of woke foot soldiers who have a degree in something useless like “postmodern gender dynamics” but no marketable skills. And people wonder why student debt is out of control.
Take a look at the numbers. The biggest chunk of the DOE’s budget—around $68 billion—flows through the Office of Federal Student Aid. And where does that money end up? Straight into the hands of universities that use it to jack up tuition, build luxury dorms, and fund six-figure diversity officer salaries. Meanwhile, students rack up mountains of debt for degrees they don’t need and can’t pay off. It’s a scam, plain and simple.
Here’s the dirty little secret: we’ve artificially inflated the need for a college degree in this country. Once upon a time, college was for people entering highly specialized fields—medicine, engineering, law. Now, we’ve got a system where people are taking out six figures in loans to get a degree that qualifies them to make lattes at Starbucks. Why? Because the government keeps throwing money at the problem, which in turn encourages colleges to keep raising prices.
This all started back in the 1960s, when a bunch of bureaucrats misread the data and decided that if college graduates make more money than high school graduates, the obvious solution was to push more people into college. The result? A degree inflation crisis, where jobs that never required a degree suddenly started demanding one—because when everyone has a degree, employers just raise the bar. Meanwhile, students are buried in debt and the higher education industry laughs all the way to the bank.
The kicker? Most of these colleges aren’t even producing well-rounded citizens anymore. Once upon a time, universities were places of higher learning that instilled values, encouraged debate, and prepared young people for success. Now, they’re glorified indoctrination centers where students are taught to hate America, obsess over identity politics, and demand safe spaces whenever they hear an opinion they don’t like.
That’s why cutting the Department of Education isn’t just a good idea—it’s long overdue. Republicans have been talking about this since the 1980s, but Trump is actually doing it. And credit where it’s due: he’s not just trimming around the edges. He’s gutting it. The newly-approved Secretary of Education, Linda McMahon, is stepping into a department that’s already been slashed by 50%, and the remaining functions—like English language programs—are being shifted elsewhere to ensure the Left can’t resurrect the department.
Average salary at the Department of Education: $𝟏𝟏𝟐,𝟏𝟔𝟒
Average Elementary school teacher salary: $𝟔𝟎,𝟔𝟔𝟎
We need more teachers and fewer bureaucrats! The Trump Administration is prioritizing students over the bloated federal government. pic.twitter.com/1uG0kl5lEb
— Erika Donalds (@ErikaDonalds) March 12, 2025
Naturally, the teachers’ unions are having an absolute meltdown. And nothing confirms that you’re on the right track quite like Randi Weingarten—the head of the American Federation of Teachers and one of the most insufferable people in public life—throwing a tantrum. Weingarten, who helped shut down schools for two years, robbing kids of their education while her union members got paid to sit at home, is now furious that Trump’s plan might actually increase funding for school choice.
That’s right—school choice, one of the most popular policies among parents, particularly in minority communities, might actually get a boost. And that is a nightmare scenario for the Left, because it threatens their entire racket. Their goal has never been to educate kids—it’s to control them. And they need parents trapped in a failing public school system to do that. If parents actually have options, the teachers’ unions lose power, and they can’t have that.
🚨 The Department of Education has been a colossal failure
“We want to bring the schools back to the states because we have the worst education department and education in the world” – President Trump
— Alec Lace (@AlecLace) March 9, 2025
This is a massive win. The Department of Education is nothing more than a money pit that fuels a corrupt, left-wing academic machine. Trump knows it, conservatives know it, and judging by the Left’s reaction, they know it too. This is a fight worth having, and if we’re lucky, it’s only the beginning.
