No county school board had to raise taxes, no State had to raise income taxes, no Federal taxes were required to accomplish a $10 billion resource coming to the aid of children throughout all of our country. So this, among the other reasons listed by the Finance chairman, would be the reason I oppose the amendment.
Opposing an amendment related to funding for children's resources.
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