Bob Schaffer: “If you once again take a look at the bureaucratic model of getting taxpayers' cash to children, this system really…”

“If you once again take a look at the bureaucratic model of getting taxpayers' cash to children, this system really serves no one well. It really creates a nightmare for public school teachers, for public school administrators. What we want to do is start to treat these teachers and administrators like the real professionals that they are. That is why not only should they be enthusiastic about education tax credits, but they really are. Look at this. This is how tax credits work. We replace this bureaucratic model of getting taxpayer dollars to children with one that is much more direct, one that is better represented by this chart here, where we have the same taxpayer, the same child, no bureaucracy in the middle. Here is how it works. Here is how our proposal would work. An individual who makes a $500 contribution to a school, either a public school or to a scholarship fund to allow children who are poor or are just challenged with respect to the financial means to attend the school of their choice, the taxpayer who contributes to those kind of organizations would get half of their cash back in the form of a tax credit.”