Political Quotes

“We try to figure out why the student in Colorado gets maybe $650, or the State gets $650 per child, and Michigan gets $635, and some other State maybe gets $675. It is how did this all happen and why does one State get more? We go through this debate. Then you get the large States coming together to pass an amendment to make sure that the large States with large urban areas, well, we deserve more. Then the rural States try to come together, but they do not have as many votes, because all of Montana has one Representative, so it is pretty hard for them to come out and say even though the cost of education may be more there, it is kind of like, you know, you collect this money and this bureaucratic process tries to reallocate it in somewhat of a fair model. But it is based on political clout, seniority within the system, and the whole debate takes place, focused on the process, forgetting about where the money came from, from the taxpayer, and forgetting about who we are trying to help, the child.”