@Sebelius Uhm, then why did your boss invent it?
— Guy (@FauxTT) August 20, 2013
We haven’t heard much about those apocalyptic sequester cuts during the president’s most recent vacation, but with school starting again, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius wants America to know that the cuts (which were the president’s idea) have cost 57,000 children a place in Head Start.
Still think the sequester didn't "hurt"? Talk to the 57,000 low-income kids dropped from Head Start programs http://t.co/yNujTffaAy
— Salon (@Salon) August 19, 2013
@Sebelius They were told to "make cuts as painful as possible." That's how it goes. Find the person who's idea it was to begin with.
— Mark Baldwin (@SenorBaldwin) August 19, 2013
Fewer children will be attending Head Start — that’s good news, right? Despite billions of dollars of investment, an extensive Head Start Impact Study showed that “positive effects of the program were minimal and vanished by the end of first grade.”
https://twitter.com/gopfirecracker/status/369647382147125248
https://twitter.com/ShellyinPENN/status/369648894403411968
https://twitter.com/armedOHcitizen/status/369591572406337536
Numbers show Head Start doesn't improve math OR reading “@Sebelius: READ: The numbers are in: sequestration cuts 57000 kids from Head Start”
— Casey (@space_case12) August 20, 2013
@BarackObama head Start is a waste of money anyway.
— Steve Elliott (@selliott8744) August 20, 2013
https://twitter.com/FJ473/status/369648305686327296
If @Sebelius wants 57k kids on Head Start just remove the 4 million healthy ppl from foodstamps with no dependents. http://t.co/trPt4Hk0Zm
— cosmoscon (@gdthomp01) August 20, 2013
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Hey, @Sebelius , show me where the Constitution allows federal government involvement in or funding of education. #10thAmendment
— Mouth of Matuszak (@pavelgregory) August 20, 2013
@baldwin100 @Sebelius Sequester was Obama's idea and it backfired. Then, on cue, he blamed the GOP. Always busy blaming others. #EpicFail
— tlccpas (@tlccpas) August 19, 2013
https://twitter.com/lachlan/status/369520986254606337
@Sebelius maybe the prex's dog needs to take the train
— Lance Nelson (@canesfan79) August 19, 2013
There’s a thought: maybe if Bo Obama took the train and not a private jet to his family’s next vacation destination, a few kids could attend Head Start.
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