Blue Man in a Red State, by Greg Lemon: on Education


Fund education adequately without new taxes

From the beginning, Schweitzer said education could be adequately funded without raising taxes. The question wasn't whether or not money should be pumped into education, the question was how much money and where it was to be spent.
Source: Blue Man in a Red State, by Greg Lemon, p. 98 Jun 25, 2008

  • The above quotations are from Blue Man in a Red State
    Montana's Governor Brian Schweitzer and the New Western Populism
    by Greg Lemon.
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