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Because of a decades-long, concerted effort by Republicans to sabotage it.

It's the classic Republican move. Something works in the country, break it, then use the fact that it doesn't work as proof that it never worked.

Dept of Education was a political payoff made by Carter... nothing more.

It was a documented promise he made to get elected.

Yeah... and test scores for the US schools have declined after the dept was created... LOL

Nice strawman. Democrats are smarter, but the wealthy lean Republican because they plunder real American's money and give it to the rich.

A straw man fallacy is when a point is ostracized to make it easier to attack

So how does that apply to the OP?

I was saying what a strawman argument is in response to your comment

Thanks for helping make my point that he doesn’t know what a strawman argument is.

you're welcome