“I could never allow [tax] cuts that devastate education for our children, that pollute our environment, that end the guarantee of health care for those who are served under Medicaid, that end our duty or violate our duty to our parents through Medicare. I just couldn't do that. As long as I'm president, I'll never let it happen.” ChildrenLongEndsHappensCareParentPresidentEnvironmentCuttingDutyTaxesOur ChildrenHealth CareGuaranteesOur EnvironmentMedicareTax CutsMedicaid Author:William J. Clinton
“The Assembly passed a budget that makes the right choices for young students across the state by helping schools avoid cutting essential educational programs, laying off teachers and increasing local property taxes. Without a sound investment in our children and their education, New York would face crumbling school buildings, overcrowded classrooms, and few opportunities to excel.” ChildrenStatesHelpingSchoolFacesYoungChoicesOpportunitySoundTeacherCuttingNew YorkStudentsBuildingTaxesEssentialsProgramOur ChildrenPropertyInvestmentEducationalLocalsBudgetsClassroomAssemblyRight ChoicesCrumblingMake The Right ChoiceYoung StudentsProperty TaxesEducational ProgramsSchool Buildings Author:Jose Peralta
“To do what we are doing in this budget to our children, cutting their health care funds, decreasing opportunity, simply so we can pay for tax cuts and a war in Iraq is beyond belief, and we need to reverse it” NeedsChildrenWarCareOpportunityBeliefPayCuttingTaxesOur ChildrenIraqHealth CareBudgetsFundReverseTax Cuts Author:Tom Allen
“How would you like your child in kindergarten through 12th grade attending classes with kids who can't read, write, speak or understand English -- or American education values? Furthermore, how would you feel if those students felt zero investment in education, in English and the American way? How would you like your child's education dumbed down to that of a classroom from the Third World? Guess what? Today, if you're a parent of a child in thousands of classrooms across America, that's what's happening to your children with your tax dollars.” IfsWorldWayFeelsWritingChildrenKidsTodayAmericaValuesSpeakFeltParentClassStudentsLike YouTaxesHappeningsThirdsOur ChildrenDollarsInvestmentYour ChildrenGradesZeroClassroomThird WorldAttendingKindergartenAmerican EducationTax DollarsInvestment In Education Author:Frosty Wooldridge
“If we do nothing, we are handing our children a ticking time bomb that will require they pay ever greater payroll taxes just as they are beginning their careers, starting their own families and staking their claim to the American Dream.” IfsChildrenDreamPayCareersGreaterTaxesClaimsOur ChildrenStartingBombsAmerican DreamPayrollTime BombPayroll TaxTicking TimeTicking Time Bombs Author:John McCain
“Senior executives can, after a fashion, get a portion of their pay tax-free. You defer part of your income and not have to pay taxes on it, and then when you retire you have the company buy a life insurance policy on you using that money. The company can deduct that money because it is a business expense, and the money will get paid out to your children or grandchildren when you die, so you have effectively given them your money and it's never been taxed.” ChildrenFashionPolicyTaxesOur ChildrenYour ChildrenRetiringSeniorGrandchildren Author:David Cay Johnston
“What we're discussing privately and publicly, is a budget which is a blueprint for the future which creates jobs, which educates our children, which provides healthcare for all Americans, which takes our deficit down, which gives a tax cut for 95% of the American people.” PeopleGivingChildrenJobsCuttingTaxesOur ChildrenBudgetsEducateHealthcareDeficitDiscussingTax CutsBlueprintsBudget Deficit Author:Nancy Pelosi