by Education Action Group

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Valentine’s Day came early last week for the American Federation of Teachers.

Last Monday, President Barack Obama unveiled his budget for 2013 which contains $3.8 trillion in spending – but not a dime of support for the very successful D.C. voucher program.

The AFT has long opposed the Opportunity Scholarship Program (the voucher plan’s official name) because it allows low-income students in the District of Columbia to escape the union-controlled dropout factories known as D.C. Public Schools. Since 2004, thousands of students have been given vouchers ranging from $8,000 to $12,000 to attend the private school of their choice. [More...]

Diane Sawyer reporting on U.S. bridge projects going to the Chinese… NOT Americans.

The bridges are right here in the U.S. and yet Obama has approved for Chinese contractors to come in and do the work. What about jobs for Americans???

Watch this video. It doesn’t take long to view. This one should be tough for the supporters of the current regime to swallow….AND it comes from ABC NEWS…no Snopes or Wikileaks on this one!!

U.S.A. Bridges and Roads Being Built by Chinese Firms
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Here you go from the confirmed racist in the White House. Whites, Asians, Indians or any other race need not apply. This is a tragedy of major proportions besetting our Nation. He has placed the Constitution in his sights for those who can’t understand it, or do not like the sound of it. The power to control education of the young, so that generations will think only what the regime wants them to learn…then there will only be any other way to think.

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Underemployment also up, to 19.0%

PRINCETON, NJ — The U.S. unemployment rate, as measured by Gallup without seasonal adjustment, is 9.0% in mid-February, up from 8.6% for January. The mid-month reading normally reflects what the U.S. government reports for the entire month, and is up from 8.3% in mid-January.

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TransCanada Releases Detailed Keystone XL Job Creation Data

Calgary, Alberta – January 10, 2012 – TransCanada Corporation (TSX, NYSE: TRP) (TransCanada) released further details today that highlight the thousands of jobs Keystone XL would create for Americans.

The $7 billion oil pipeline is the largest infrastructure project on the books in the U.S. right now.  It would create 20,000 jobs: 13,000 in construction, 7,000 in manufacturing.  [More...]