Trump Slashes Education Department Workforce by 50% — Cato Expert Weighs In

President Donald Trump’s plan to dismantle the Department of Education took a major step forward Tuesday with a 50% reduction in the department’s workforce.

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Neal McCluskey, director of Cato’s Center for Educational Freedom, responded to the cuts:

“A 50 percent workforce reduction is sizeable and could very well be a good thing. We don’t know how many people are actually needed to execute US ED’s jobs, and it’s time to find out if it’s been a bloated bureaucracy all along. Of course, the unconstitutional Department should be eliminated, but that would take an act of Congress. For now, it will be good to see if taxpayers can save substantial money running the place.”

If you’d like to speak with McCluskey about the implications of this major shakeup, please reach out to mmiller@​cato.​org.

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