Political Quotes

“Mr. President, it is my understanding that the new Secretary of Education Linda McMahon made some money on the professional wrestling business--at least, that is what I was told. If that is true, she clearly is ready to rumble when it comes to cutting money for American schools. It appears that the formula for greatness, which the President is pushing, includes reducing Federal aid to education and cutting medical research. How can you build a greater nation by reducing investment in schools for kids and closing down laboratories that are developing cures for diseases? For my way of thinking, that is exactly the opposite of what we should be doing as a nation. Of course, I want to stop waste, fraud, abuse, and inefficiency. We are all signed up for that. But eliminating the Department of Education? Press reports that people in this administration are jubilant with the idea of closing down a whole Federal Agency. What are the impacts of that closure? What about the money that is going to school districts in Illinois and across the Nation? If there is a cutback in Federal funds for our school districts--and that would be part of eliminating the Department of Education--that would put more pressure on local property taxpayers to pay more for the schools or to cut back on the salaries of teachers and increase the number of kids in the classroom. How can that be good for the future of this country?…”