Political Quotes

“we have spent the past several years knocking down the status quo barriers to our children's future, but nowhere is the status quo still more evident than in the Federal education establishment, a bureaucracy built on empty promises to our young people. Not long ago an Education Department official bragged that the direct loan program, and I will quote, ``provides a simpler, more automated, and more accountable system,'' to its student customers. But last month American students learned the harsh truth: That the Government cannot handle the job. If you're looking for proof that the education bureaucracy hurts our kids' future, the consolidation meltdown offers some good examples--84,000 examples, to be exact. That's the number of students left in the lurch while the education bureaucracy tries to get its act together. That's the number of students being told to put their financial futures on hold until their government figures out how to deliver its promises. The Education Department has made students an offer that sounds too good to be true, and it is. The truth is, for students hoping to consolidate their direct loans, their government has sold them a lemon. For many who grew up in the era of big Government, it is just the latest empty promise from Washington. I have two daughters, a 19-year-old and a 17-year-old. People have labeled that generation Generation X, implying that they are disillusioned or unsure of who or what they can believe in.”