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Students Missing from Public Schools
Parents have grown dissatisfied with public schools. According to a Gallup poll, before COVID-19, 51% of parents were satisfied or somewhat satisfied with their child’s education. Now three years later, that satisfaction has fallen to 42%, the lowest in more than 20 years. Nearly a quarter of Americans, or 23%, said they were utterly dissatisfied with their child’s education. Parents have pulled their kids from public schools into private or charter schools or are homeschooling. See the link below for more:
https://defconnews.com/2023/01/21/u-s-public-schools-have-lost-nearly-2-million-students-since-2019-and-here-is-why/

$190 BILLION
The federal government poured $190 billion into state coffers in 2020 and 2021 to help public school districts deal with the effects of COVID-19 on the nation’s education system.
~~~ Did that help?

STABILITY BY JUSTICE OR RUIN BY BRIBERY.
Suppose that a president, through sound judgment, establishes the nation. He executes justice among the citizens and aliens who reside there and for their posterity. As an honest leader, he would restore the country to a firm and good state, even if, before coming into office, the country was in significant disorder.
Also, consider a leader who receives bribes, leading to the nation’s overthrow and the perversion of justice. He sold justice to the highest bidder. Such a bribe-taker is not the “president” but an actual “traitor.” Being a law-breaker, he should not hold such a high office and is not worthy of the high office title. Eventually, the state is subverted and falls to ruin. The persons and properties of the citizens then become the prey of wicked men. Unless all are blind, deaf, or brainwashed, we know which one of these leaders is in the office today.
~~~ Proverbs 29:4, Wisdom from 3,000 Years Ago

$1 BILLION PER YEAR
GAO (Government Accounting Office) has found that the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program has been spending an estimated #1 billion per year on payments for ineligible members.

$60 BILLION
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (R-Mo.) is calling for an investigation into the “historic theft of taxpayer dollars from COVID-era unemployment programs.”

33,000 HOMELESS
In 2022, more than 33,000 veterans were homeless, and between 17 and 22 veterans committed suicide each day, according to official estimates. For many veterans disgnosed

125 MILLION.
Japan’s current population has been in continuous decline for 14 years.

300 PERCENT
Between January 2022 and July 2022, “there was a 300% increase in long-term disability claims among pilots,” according to US Freedom Flyers co-founder Joshua Yoder, citing data from a pilots union.