Tom Tancredo: “There has always been, there always will be, there is now bureaucratic opposition to any sort of reform, especially in…”

“There has always been, there always will be, there is now bureaucratic opposition to any sort of reform, especially in school reform that gives parents greater opportunities, greater freedoms. What we are trying to do with, especially the charter school provision, is to give people, the individuals, the parents in the District of Columbia, greater freedom, greater choice, not the bureaucrats, not the educational system in general, but parents, individuals. Is that not the best kind of freedom to give anybody? Is that not the best kind of public policy to adopt here? It is not a hard hand of government coming down on the District. It is the freedom we are going to give parents in the District of Columbia to select charter schools for their kids, the greatest opportunity we can possibly give to anyone, including the residents of the District of Columbia.”