Maxwell Frost: “The point that I was trying to make is that this is a subsidy for…”

On the recordOctober 23, 1997

The point that I was trying to make is that this is a subsidy for upper-income suburbanites. This does not help anybody in the inner city send their kids anyplace. This is a sham piece of legislation, but I thank the gentleman for making the point that this, in addition to being a sham piece of legislation, that this does cost the Treasury potentially a good bit of money as we try and help those upper-income suburbanites send their kids to private school.

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Maxwell Frost

Democratic · Florida

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Criticizing legislation perceived as benefiting wealthy suburban families over inner-city residents.

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Maxwell Frost: “The point that I was trying to make is that this is a subsidy for upper-income suburbanites. This does not help anybody…”

Editor's note · Context