Political Quotes

“I thank my colleague, and when we introduce the concept of a tax credit at the Federal level, that is new money going into education. The typical local school district will only receive 7 percent of their money from Washington. When we introduce the concept of a Federal tax credit, this is new money going into the local schools, directly from the community, this is not a redirection. This is growing the pie, and allowing the pie to grow for our public schools and allowing the pie to grow for all of our kids. That is a little different. And Americans have some concerns about tax credits at a State level because they think we are just redirecting it. We are not just redirecting it. We will have the history soon from Arizona, Pennsylvania and Minnesota to see whether it grew the educational pie or whether it redirected it. Clearly, when we talk about Federal education tax credits, we are talking about significant amounts of new money being directed into education, and it is being directed by the community, the parents and the individual at the local level. They are making the choice as to whether they want to invest more money into their local public schools, which is a wonderful opportunity.”