It is the politicians that decide which groups to pay more.
Every family, every business, local government, State governments across America right now are cutting their budgets and they are basically ...
The biggest threat to long-term economic output is the debt, is it not?
Every small business person I talk to is just worried to death about their coming costs in healthcare.
the stimulus package was misdirected. It was a massive expansion in deficit and debt.
If they focus on a national, rigorous curriculum in reading, writing and mathematics. Help us with an assessment that we've never had before...
we fix No Child Left Behind, which is, of course, to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
Of course, one of the things I want to dwell on a little bit is the difference between rural and urban.
We put a lot of emphasis on preschool, too, because that does make a difference.
And I think that's what we want--we want them to learn everything, and realize what their potential is.
I have had a couple of people come to Washington from Wyoming and testify and they've been able to point that out real well.