Kent Conrad: “The top 1 percent earns over $337,000. That costs $45 billion. But he…”

On the recordMarch 8, 2004

The top 1 percent earns over $337,000. That costs $45 billion. But he does not have the money, he says, to fund No Child Left Behind.

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Discussing funding issues related to the No Child Left Behind Act.

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Kent Conrad: “The top 1 percent earns over $337,000. That costs $45 billion. But he does not have the money, he says, to fund No Child…”