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Bob Schaffer is a former U.S. Congressman who represented Colorado's 4th congressional district from 1997 to 2003. A member of the Republican Party, Schaffer was known for his strong advocacy of national defense, particularly in support of a national missile defense system. He also took firm stances on social issues, including opposition to the sale of fetal tissue from abortions. Schaffer has been involved in various political and educational initiatives following his congressional career, including serving as the president of the Colorado Community College System.
If you once again take a look at the bureaucratic model of getting taxpayers' cash to children, this system really serves no one well. It really creates a nightmare for public school teachers, for public school administrators. What we want…
The reason teachers and administrators in public schools and private schools are excited about tax credits is because they play more of a leadership role in getting these dollars to the children who need it the most.
They have to account for how those dollars are spent by States which is where those dollars go next. Once the money goes to the States, the States have those dollars distributed by more politicians, State legislators, those dollars go to…
Because without the bill, as the law stands today, let us just assume Americans who pay taxes, they will be forced to just pay that $250 to the Federal Government. That is where that money will go without our bill. What we are saying is…
that really is the whole point and why it is so important here because the Treasury Department people, their focus is the Tax Code. That is their job. That is their mission in life. That is what they do for a living, and when we go meet…
tonight I rise to discuss the issue of education in America and the topic more specifically is around education tax credits, a proposal which has been circulating through some of the back rooms in Congress so far. We have been talking…
before we move on, it is important just to underscore that this really is a picture of the way Federal education dollars go from taxpayer down to student, and it is a system that is not designed by accident. It is one that is very…
Absolutely. I would just like to point out, when I say that existing public school leaders are enthusiastic about the idea, I brought proof with me tonight from Michigan. The Michigan School Board Leaders Association sent us a letter just…
We have some opponents to the plan, unfortunately, and I think that opposition is somewhat premature. It is almost reflexive because of the battles that have been traditional here in Washington. When we talk about having a closer…
Because these people who are in the business of deception where their only intent and purpose in some of these business transactions is to deceive and falsify the true picture of business activity, they are not business leaders; they are…
Money follows freedom. That is true almost no matter what we are talking about, whether we are talking about the leadership of countries. If we look around the world, those countries that have a heavy, autocratic, bureaucratic system of…
The national testing and the new accountability measures in and of themselves, and standing alone, cannot reform schools. They were never proposed or it was never promised that that would be the case. These are diagnostic tools that are…