Bob Schaffer: “Yes, some will just do that, because it will be simpler. Frankly and honestly, it will be easier just to continue…”

“Yes, some will just do that, because it will be simpler. Frankly and honestly, it will be easier just to continue shoveling money to Washington, D.C. and letting us spend it here. But for those who believe that getting more bang for the budget, who believe that it is going to help more children, this tax credit really speaks to them, and that is the partnership that we are trying to create that just shows a better way. It does not threaten the bureaucracy which I mentioned before, because there are enough people that want to preserve that system that exists now. I hate to admit that, but that is the cold, hard facts and realities of Washington, D.C. But for those Americans who are taxpayers, who are parents, or who work in public schools who want to see dollars getting directly to children, this tax credit proposal offers them a unique option that they do not have today. It is really, I just think, an important element of new hope in American schools for children.”