Political Quotes

“Let me use the example of mass incarceration. In my State and in this budget in Congress, we are constantly cutting programs for education. In America, if you do not educate a child, their choices are very limited. Statistics have shown that the lower the education, the higher the rate of incarceration. I will share with the gentleman that if we truly want to reduce the cost of mass incarceration, if we truly want a workforce that is trained and available to address economic opportunities and invest in technology, and ensure that we are paying taxes and growing our tax base, it will be more efficient to invest in education. But, instead, we systematically, with budgets and cutting funds, empower the prison system, while at the same time create a disadvantage for people who then become what we so often hear: a burden to society, social welfare, and all these other things. When you create the opportunity to provide leadership to say, ``We, in America, understand an educated American is an economic advantage,'' and we have systematically ignored that--we sit here as if every child in America is getting equal education--it is not a reality. It should be an outcry from every CEO in America. All of these corporations are getting billions of dollars in tax cuts.…”