Bob Schaffer: “we have done the research, we have done the analysis. Sure, it would be great to have a bigger tax credit and maybe some…”

“we have done the research, we have done the analysis. Sure, it would be great to have a bigger tax credit and maybe some day we will, but initially we have to start out small. There is a cost to government, there is no doubt about that. Again, referring to the chart on how money is spent today, this city, Washington, D.C., frankly lacks imagination when it comes to finding new ways to fund schools. The answer for years has always been the same, and that is to just spend more on this system whenever we find a problem. When test scores take a dip, we do not really go fix the problem in Washington; maybe some day we will. I think our new President is committed to changing the management style of schools. But over the last 10 years, we have gone to this model $125 billion worth of times, and that is how much we spent over 10 years. We just keep spending more.”