Robert Ehrlich: “What is also a potential loser is open space, because when farmers sell, that land gets developed. We need farmers in…”

“What is also a potential loser is open space, because when farmers sell, that land gets developed. We need farmers in this country. I know we both represent a lot of farmers. We need farmers to stay in business. We have to stop punishing them for being successful in life. Frankly, I like the fact that people want to pass on to the next generation the rewards of their hard work. Families are the institutions that have made this country great, and we should reward families who work and stay together and try to do that. If I could interject a minute on another part of the tax cuts that I find very, very important, I live in the town of Muncie, IN. We have a State university there, Ball State University. Most of the students who go there are first generation college attendees. Their parents have to scrape and save in order to pay the tuition, on average about $2,000 a year, plus room and board and books, and they are quite frankly a lot of times having to really struggle in order to stay in college.”