Political Quotes

“certainly we need more incentives to recruit and retain the best public school teachers possible. The many who currently are underpaid and overworked need additional incentives. We need incentives to help our children prepare to achieve their full potential. Children confronted with schools that are in disrepair or have inadequate technology and other equipment are deprived of an educational environment where they can strive and thrive. As a product myself of the Austin public schools and the father of two children who are successful graduates of the Austin public schools, one now a teacher herself in public schools and the other a physician, I welcome a debate on incentives to improve our schools. Unfortunately, this is not that debate. This debate has little to do with public education and everything to do with political theater. We have soaring deficits as a result of the fiscal mismanagement of this country. And the solution that is offered today is to dig the hole just a little deeper by providing even more tax breaks to favor those at the top and adding that to the huge deficits that we already have. While the President some time ago adopted the slogan of the Children's Defense Fund: "Leave no child behind," unfortunately, his budget this year leaves quite a few children behind.”