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When have healthcare or education ever been cut? Edit: A lot of downvotes, but no examples. Such cuts are always talked about as if though they have factually

by abtinf 7y ago

When have healthcare or education ever been cut? Edit: A lot of downvotes, but no examples. Such cuts are always talked about as if though they have factually happened. To my knowledge, I’ve never actually seen such a cut in the United States at the federal, state, or local level. Sometimes, there have been attempts to limit the rate of spending growth, but those seem to always fail too.

sdinsn 7y ago
The governor of Alaska just signed a bill that cut 41% off the state budget for higher education.
- abtinf 7y ago
  Thank you for the example. However, it appears that the governor reversed course just yesterday: https://news.yahoo.com/alaska-governor-reverses-course-controversial-032522288.html https://news.yahoo.com/alaska-governor-reverses-course-contr... I've noticed this is a frequent occurance--one faction will try to score political points by appearing to take an action, only to capitulate at the end when fewer people are looking.
  - sdinsn 7y ago
    Partially revered course. Now it's just ~8%, but its still significant.
    - zanybear 7y ago
      That's the Art of the Deal. Set the initial position much higher than desired and retrench to actual one on push back.
dlp211 7y ago
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/education/most-americans-dont-realize-state-funding-for-higher-ed-fell-by-billions https://www.pbs.org/newshour/education/most-americans-dont-r...
wavefunction 7y ago
https://the1a.org/shows/2019-05-06/draft-4-day-school-week https://the1a.org/shows/2019-05-06/draft-4-day-school-week Oklahoma and a number of other states moved to a 4 day school week to cut costs. Do you include cutting teacher pensions as an education cut? I can provide significant examples of education cuts.