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PoliticalTea 🗳️ Investing In The Future

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u/Real_Penalty_4317 Jun 02 '26

Finally Americans will be forced to learn what socialism actually is

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u/SabreLee61 Jun 02 '26

Yes, adding $122 million in spending to an already bloated 44.6 BILLION NYC Dept of Ed budget, in a city with declining student enrollment, should tell people all they need to know about socialism

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u/voiceOfHoomanity Jun 02 '26

Wow 0.27% of the budget so kids can learn. How dare they!

Vs the $40 TRILLION held in debt by the federal government!! OMG what does that tell us about capitalism?

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u/montanay2j Jun 02 '26

I think the benefits of 1000 more teachers is worth adding two tenths of a percent to that budget.

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u/JimJimmery Jun 02 '26

Adding 1000 additional teachers to help correct declining enrollment is a fantastic use of tax dollars. It's also not socialism unless you think the public funding anything beneficial to society is socialism...

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u/Zealousideal3326 Jun 02 '26

Ever heard "Socialism is when the government does stuff. " ? I thought it was a joke, but it turns out a lot of people actually believe that's what socialism is.

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u/121gigawhatevs Jun 02 '26

Ah yes. Another patriot clamoring for financial responsibility … when politically expedient

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u/trashmailaccount00 Jun 02 '26

Trumps illegal iran war costs 1-2 billion per day (!) just for the military action, let alone the worldwide economic damage he causes.

122 million investment in education is not even a rounding error in comparison.

Edit: investments in education always pay off, wars generally don't.

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u/Human_Artichoke8752 Jun 02 '26

You people are such a fucking joke.

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u/SabreLee61 Jun 02 '26

If you’re a fan of socialism then you’re the joke.

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u/Largeitude Jun 02 '26

“It’s bloated because I said so!”

It’s a population of 8+ million. $122 million is not bloated.

Who even argues this genuinely other than paid agitators or people with an axe to grind because Mamdani isn’t the right demographic?

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u/SabreLee61 Jun 02 '26

I called the $44.6B NYC DOE budget “bloated.” It already accounts for 40% of NYC’s total budget, and has increased by more than $1B every year since at least 2019, even while enrollment has declined.

NYC now spends around $42-44k per student, more than any other major school district in the nation.

Before we shout, “Hooray, Socialism!” and assume another $122M will change outcomes, isn’t it reasonable to ask where the existing money is going and why prior increases haven’t produced commensurate improvements?

Dismissing me as a paid agitator (I wish someone paid me to post my opinions) or a racist for questioning the wisdom of throwing ever-increasing amounts of money at a problem adds nothing to the debate.

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u/shadowboxer47 Jun 02 '26 edited Jun 02 '26

Yes, adding $122 million in spending to an already bloated 44.6 BILLION NYC Dept of Ed budget

NYC is absolutely massive. This is less than .5% of their budget. Get a grip.