Secretary, fox news contributor, former drug czar. in co-author of the book of virtues 30th anniversary edition. congratulations on the new addition, bill. thank you jon. jon: will talk about fentanyl for a minute 100,000 americans are dying every year because of fentanyl overdoses. the biden in ministration says it is taking the most ambitious fentanyl prosecution to date by going after the cartel. what do you think about the m move? it is going through law enforcement matter to the department of justice. but this is not the way to go after them. this is a terrorist organization or a series of terrorist organizations and cartels. they are mowing down our people. not soldiers by the way. terrorists occasionally engage soldiers. they are mowing down civilians. you mention all ages but it s mostly aimed at the young that
To them? for a lot of kids it s too late, sorry to say so. this loss of $73,000 per child is not evenly distributed. the poor had and disadvantaged kids and little ones learning to read weren t learning to read. if you aren t learning to read and reading by the third grade you are in serious difficulty. it mainly focused on math. reading is the key skill and the key to everything else and math later. the other point is this is very important is that there were kids in idaho, utah, alabama, who did not suffer these losses. how come? schools didn t close. they kept their schools open for the most part and learning continued. so there is a lesson to be learned. if i could just tie it to the book, the book of virtues 30th anniversary edition we talk about things like honesty. what we had here is large-scale
Maybe we should think first about the fundamentals about our children and grandchildren, teaching them what it means to be an honorable and decent and responsible human being. it s what this book is about. i think we need this about as much as anything else. it starts early. reading and understanding what a decent and honorable thing life can be. that s where we need to focus our attention. reading, math and learning the virtues. julie: you are right. thank you for writing this book. a lot of patients like myself want to thank you. about time somebody addresses what s the root most important base for our children to grow into successful and also good people as adults. bill bennett, thank you so much for talking to us. rich: state and military police are taking a travel ban in buffalo this morning as the city recovers from a historic blizzard. with intense fighting ongoing
There is concern because less than 15% of those funds have been spent by school districts. now with the $28 trillion on the line for the future of the country, the learning loss is coming into focus and learning it will touch every american life regardless of whether they had kids in school during the pandemic. rich: lydia, thank you. julie. julie: let s bring in former education secretary bill bennett and fox news contributor and author of the book of virtues, 30th anniversary edition. thank you for talking to us. we ll get more into your book in a second. we knew the pandemic hurt students academically. to hear what it could cost them over their lifetimes is more infuriating. the loss of $70,000 in lifetime earnings could mean $28 trillion over the next century. it is possible for the biden administration to make this up