Tim Walz
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Pump it. It's just crazy. We don't come in and ask them, where's your money for the heat today? We put new windows in the schools. Where's your money, kid? So this idea, and look, it's that simple philosophy of the investing. Every dollar you invest in early childhood, you get 12 back.
Pump it. It's just crazy. We don't come in and ask them, where's your money for the heat today? We put new windows in the schools. Where's your money, kid? So this idea, and look, it's that simple philosophy of the investing. Every dollar you invest in early childhood, you get 12 back.
Pump it. It's just crazy. We don't come in and ask them, where's your money for the heat today? We put new windows in the schools. Where's your money, kid? So this idea, and look, it's that simple philosophy of the investing. Every dollar you invest in early childhood, you get 12 back.
Well, I think about it and I, you know, when you're older, it's a lot of things that come in, certainly from parents and small community, but I gotta be honest with you. I grew up Catholic and at that time it was about service and the Catholic nuns, you know, get the little thump in the back of the head thinking you're too big for your own britches. And it really was
Well, I think about it and I, you know, when you're older, it's a lot of things that come in, certainly from parents and small community, but I gotta be honest with you. I grew up Catholic and at that time it was about service and the Catholic nuns, you know, get the little thump in the back of the head thinking you're too big for your own britches. And it really was
Well, I think about it and I, you know, when you're older, it's a lot of things that come in, certainly from parents and small community, but I gotta be honest with you. I grew up Catholic and at that time it was about service and the Catholic nuns, you know, get the little thump in the back of the head thinking you're too big for your own britches. And it really was
New Testament, to the least amongst us type of stuff. I don't talk about, you don't need people to give you a sermon in elected office, but try and live one a little bit, you know, try and do something. And I think it was from that. I feel very blessed by that. And it's, you know, it's different now.
New Testament, to the least amongst us type of stuff. I don't talk about, you don't need people to give you a sermon in elected office, but try and live one a little bit, you know, try and do something. And I think it was from that. I feel very blessed by that. And it's, you know, it's different now.
New Testament, to the least amongst us type of stuff. I don't talk about, you don't need people to give you a sermon in elected office, but try and live one a little bit, you know, try and do something. And I think it was from that. I feel very blessed by that. And it's, you know, it's different now.
My wife converted me to Lutheranism, which is basically Catholicism with more singing, but that's about the difference. I'm in, I'm in. But it's the same type of principle. So I think that's what it was. And again, we have a saying, we have a great senator who died way too early in Paul Wellstone, who said, we all do better when we all do better.
My wife converted me to Lutheranism, which is basically Catholicism with more singing, but that's about the difference. I'm in, I'm in. But it's the same type of principle. So I think that's what it was. And again, we have a saying, we have a great senator who died way too early in Paul Wellstone, who said, we all do better when we all do better.
My wife converted me to Lutheranism, which is basically Catholicism with more singing, but that's about the difference. I'm in, I'm in. But it's the same type of principle. So I think that's what it was. And again, we have a saying, we have a great senator who died way too early in Paul Wellstone, who said, we all do better when we all do better.
And it's the sense of servant leadership, the sense of putting back in and you benefit. And we keep talking about this school meals piece of it. you get better achievement, you get better students in school. And so even if you remove the moral aspect of feeding a child, you actually save money. So if you're just heartless and don't want to pay higher taxes, you save, you get $12 return on that.
And it's the sense of servant leadership, the sense of putting back in and you benefit. And we keep talking about this school meals piece of it. you get better achievement, you get better students in school. And so even if you remove the moral aspect of feeding a child, you actually save money. So if you're just heartless and don't want to pay higher taxes, you save, you get $12 return on that.
And it's the sense of servant leadership, the sense of putting back in and you benefit. And we keep talking about this school meals piece of it. you get better achievement, you get better students in school. And so even if you remove the moral aspect of feeding a child, you actually save money. So if you're just heartless and don't want to pay higher taxes, you save, you get $12 return on that.
And so I said, the simplification is you can buy school buses and school meals, or you can buy prison buses and prison meals. You make the decision where you want to fast and it's much better.
And so I said, the simplification is you can buy school buses and school meals, or you can buy prison buses and prison meals. You make the decision where you want to fast and it's much better.
And so I said, the simplification is you can buy school buses and school meals, or you can buy prison buses and prison meals. You make the decision where you want to fast and it's much better.
That's right. And public schools for all of us are at. And this is in rural areas I keep thinking about, these folks who want to voucherize. So you're going to have your voucher. So here's your voucher. You get a small tax credit or whatever, but your public school closes. Where are you going to send them? Where's that private school when you're out in a town like I was at 400?
That's right. And public schools for all of us are at. And this is in rural areas I keep thinking about, these folks who want to voucherize. So you're going to have your voucher. So here's your voucher. You get a small tax credit or whatever, but your public school closes. Where are you going to send them? Where's that private school when you're out in a town like I was at 400?