Well, I could. I have connections, but way to skip the point.
republicans, like democrats, are policiticans. They will try to make you think they are doing something when they really aren't. how many times have the republcans won both the congress and presidency and accomplish nothing conservatives really want, outside of tax cuts (the answer to all the world's ills)? As evidenced by the democrats controling both congress and the presidency for a short time under Obama, they did do much better. It isn't about party, and this new group is not much different than the old group.
No where have I said we should continuely just throw money at education. I have said we should spend it more wisely, and if you call for that, I can agree. Where we differ, as best I can tell, is that I don't see just cutitng spending with no plan as being better than spending it with no proper plan. If we are top heavy, cut only at the top. Restructure. Just cutitng funds doesn't accomplish anything you say youn want accomplished.
Now, as for tax increases, no serious person believes you can tackle our budget issues without some painful cuts. however, I also beleive no serious person believes we can address these budget issues without addressing revenue, which means taxes. Nothing says we can't do both at the same time. If you want wise spending, you have to stop calling for unwise actions, like cutting just to be cutting. Wisdom requires the flexibility to do what is needed to do, and the ability to address these issues without being beholden to more radical elements and / or lobbyist.
One more thing, I don't know who you speak of about sitting on their fat assess, while I'm sure someone somewhere is getting over on the system, and that this includes both the wealthy and the poor, our problem is not people sitting on their fat asses. Our larger problem is that we simply don't tackle problems outside of a political framework that divides us in to side, us and them, whoever us and them are. We would be better served to problem solve together.