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Head Start: $151.7 billion down the drain
1/23/2010 10:00:00 AM by Norman Poltenson |
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We must eliminate “... government programs shown to be wasteful or ineffective … there will be no sacred cows or pet projects.” — President Barack Obama, weekly address (4/18/09)
According to the U.S. Government Accountability Office, the federal government spent $25 billion in fiscal year 2008 on 69 early education and child-care programs. The best-known program is Head Start, which currently serves approximately 900,000 pre-school children at an annual cost of $7 billion.
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