Not passing version of DREAM Act flushes $100 billion down the toilet PERSPECTIVE Not getting a version of the DREAM Act in place means we are not just wasting money on the education of 750,000 people but are depriving the nation of skilled and educated individuals such as nurses. If the President signed legislation passed by Congress to blatantly waste in excess of $100 billion, reject an easy and painless way to extend the solvency of Social Security, and gift nations in a position to undermine the American economy the resources to do so the howling on the Left and the Right would pierce your eardrums.