Bob Schaffer: “And it is not just about the bills being proposed in Congress. These groups, they have organizations, sometimes they…”

“And it is not just about the bills being proposed in Congress. These groups, they have organizations, sometimes they unionize, they raise money, and they spend money on campaigns. Talk about campaign finance reform. These organizations that represent employees of this bureaucratic structure of education are the most powerful political forces in American politics today, especially when you get down to the school level. These schools are organized, and the employees of them constitute the largest union in America and spend more money on the political process than anyone else. So that is why we get the system we have. It is not by accident. This system was deliberately designed, if you can believe that, and it was because these people have such powerful political influence. I would ask my colleague from Pennsylvania to tell us about the politics of education. Do people in this vortex of education bureaucracy get involved in your campaign?”