Rick Santorum Rick Santorum helped double the size of the Department of Education (2002)

[rambone]

I keep hearing this point and I've been trying to find exactly where it comes from.

It seems to be in fact true, and stems from the vote on the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. Note that Sen. Richard Santorum voted AYE and Rep. Ron Paul voted NAY.

Several sources agree that No Child Left Behind has doubled the size of the Department of Education in both budget and staff.

This is a valuable point to make amongst conservatives.



Sen. Paul: Time to end No Child Left Behind

“Our Republican platform with Ronald Reagan was against the Department of Education. Now, at the very least, if we could just be against No Child Left Behind, which is not the entire Department of Education but actually doubled the size of the Department of Education, doubled the number of workers and increased federal control of education — all things that conservatives are ostensibly against.”

Department of Education - Timeline of Growth

2002: The No Child Left Behind Act is signed into law by President George W. Bush. It is 650 pages in length and represents a major new federal thrust into the classroom. The law triggers a huge expansion in the department's K–12 spending: from $20 billion in 2000 to $37 billion by 2005. State officials complain bitterly about the onerous regulations of No Child Left Behind related to such items as student testing, teacher qualifications, Spanish language tests, and after-school tutoring.

The Federal Stranglehold of American Education

No Child Left Behind has been ruinously expense in terms of personnel and cost. Personnel numbers at the Department of Education have doubled since its passage as has the department’s budget. Under the Obama administration from 2009 to 2011 the department’s budget has skyrocketed from $32 billion to an estimated $71 billion.

 

[rambone]

I think this is a great way to counter him. Additionally, attack him on his crap record.

Instead of voting against Federal expansions through the 8 years of Bush, he helped grow government. He voted to expand prescription drug entitlements with his support of Medicare Part D, which is now a $7 Trillion unfunded liability. He helped double the size of the Department of Education, in both employees and in budget size. He voted for No Child Left Behind, further federalizing education in America. He voted to bailout the airline industry with Federal tax-dollars. He voted for the creation of the Department of Homeland Security. He voted to create the TSA, which now unconstitutionally searches people in airports, bus stations, subways, train stations, on highways, and more. He loves Federal prohibition laws, which cost America hundreds of billions of dollars per year. He has no desire to stop the out-of-control overseas spending on war, nation-building, and foreign aid. He was found to be the #1 most lobbied member in all of Congress in 2006, and made the list of most corrupt members of the Senate. He wants to start a shooting war with Iran, and who knows where else. He voted to raise the debt ceiling at least 8 times. His record doesn't strike me as very fiscally conservative, and America doesn't have time to keep putting up with the wishy-washy status quo.

 

[Goldwater1971]

http://reason.com/archives/2005/12/01/goodbye-to-goldwater

My first post, but I've been a lurker for a while. Found a nice review of one of Rick's books. I'm going to try to find a copy of it tomorrow.

Ron Paul is right, this guy is a big-gov't liberal. Forgive me for the hyjack, I just wanted to pass along the link.

 

[Feeding the Abscess]

Santorum is a loser

Interesting to note, Bo(-eh)nor is a co-author of NCLB. Anyone who thought getting Republicans in charge would change anything was kidding themselves.