Bob Schaffer: “I think it can actually be even more profound than having an improved understanding of the management of the school or…”

“I think it can actually be even more profound than having an improved understanding of the management of the school or the academic objectives of school leaders. I think it comes down to people who really become part of the fan club for Joshua Holloway and other people like him, who really become Joshua's biggest supporter and promoter. Joshua has real impact. When he testified in Congress, he had a pretty remarkable impact. But that is always true back in the State of Colorado, where people have read about Joshua, and they see this and they get inspired by it. They think, here are schools, academic institutions, competing now to help Joshua, this 10-year-old poor child whose mother passed away last year. That is what we want to achieve. We want the American education system to fall all over itself trying to help Joshua succeed in life. And to the extent that occurs, I have to tell the gentleman, I think people are going to be very willing to open up their checkbooks and make the investment in little Joshua, and I think they will do it before they will trust people here in Washington to spend the money on Joshua. It is just a better bet. The tax credit really removes all the political decision-making from it, and it really leaves that decision to local communities. In the end, Joshua is going to succeed if we can accomplish this objective for him.”