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On the recordMarch 11, 2009
But the long-term return is dramatically more than what it is going to cost, and that is the difficulty for us as a government...
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Todd Russell Platts
Pennsylvania

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Platts discusses the challenge of upfront costs versus long-term benefits in education funding.

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