Young Guns, by Rep. Paul Ryan, Rep. Eric Cantor & Rep. Kevin McCarthy: on Education
Eric Cantor:
Dollars to classrooms, not dollars to unions & bureaucracy
Education is all about dollars in the schools and dollars in the classroom, not dollars to the unions and the bureaucracy. We have to go to parents and say we are about letting the local schools get more dollars and that means don't let the dollars be
trapped here in Washington. You get a double benefit from ending [high salaries at the Department of Education]. If you're going to keep the dollars in the classrooms, not only are you benefitting the kids but you're also reducing the size of Washington.
Source: Young Guns, by Reps. Ryan, Cantor & McCarthy, p. 14
Sep 14, 2010
Eric Cantor:
Dollars shouldn't go through bureaucrats to get to classroom
Despite the fact that parents are constantly being taxed at the federal, state, and local levels, our children seem to be less and less equipped to compete with their foreign counterparts. Why? A big reason is because our dollars are going through
lobbyists, middlemen, and bureaucrats before they ever reach our students and our classrooms. Considering America's more than 70 billion-dollar federal education budget, that's far too many dollars ending up away from our children.
So let's get education dollars out of Washington and back, closer to our communities. The "Dollars to the Classroom" bill would require 95 cents of every federal education dollar to go to the classroom, not the bureaucracy and the special interests.
This would provide immediate benefits to our children. But, I believe we should go further. We can and should so the same with federal spending on transportation, housing, and other needs best left to the states and communities.
Source: Young Guns, by Reps. Ryan, Cantor & McCarthy, p. 74
Sep 14, 2010
Joseph Pitts:
Dollars to the Classroom bill: send 95 cents of every dollar
My colleague Joe Pitts of Pennsylvania has a "Dollars to the Classroom" bill that would require 95 cents of every federal education dollar to go to the classroom, not the bureaucracy and the special interests. This is a commonsense, twenty-first-century
approach to education that would provide immediate benefits to our children. But, I believe we should go further. We can and should so the same with federal spending on transportation, housing, and other needs best left to the states and communities.
Source: Young Guns, by Reps. Ryan, Cantor & McCarthy, p. 74
Sep 14, 2010
Kevin McCarthy:
Average salary at Department of Education is $103,000
EC: Education is all about dollars in the schools and dollars in the classroom, not dollars to the unions and the bureaucracy. KM: The average salary in the Department of Education right down the street here is $103,000.
That's the average salary of the employee that works there. Wouldn't that money be better spent in the classroom?
EC: You get a double benefit from ending that: not only are you benefitting the kids but you're also reducing the size of Washington.
Source: Young Guns, by Reps. Ryan, Cantor & McCarthy, p. 14
Sep 14, 2010
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