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Tom Harkin: “It raises in my mind this question, again, of why that is. Why is it? I ask the Senator, where is it in the Constitution…”

On the recordMay 2, 2000
It raises in my mind this question, again, of why that is. Why is it? I ask the Senator, where is it in the Constitution of the United States that public education in America is to be funded by property taxes? Why is this so? I asked a rhetorical question. Obviously it is not in the Constitution of the United States.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Addressing disparities in teacher salaries and funding for public education.

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