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What is the significance of James Talarico's cross-examination?
Now I want you to watch Tallarico again cross-examine these MAGA-Republican state representatives on the voucher scam in Texas. That's widely unpopular amongst Democrats and Republicans, but these MAGAs are pushing it. Here, play this clip.
Elon Musk ist ein Texas-Besitzer. Also wäre er theoretisch zuständig, um für diese Finanzen zu beteiligen? Ja. Es wurde gerade erklärt, dass Elon sein 14. Kind verurteilt hat. Ich habe das angeschaut. Acht von ihnen sind unter dem Schuljahr. Also sagen wir, er bekommt eine Voucher für jede dieser acht Kinder. Das ist über 80.000 pro Jahr in Taxifunds, mehr als das, was die meisten Lehrer machen.
Und wenn er sie also in eine Privatschule von Pre-K zu Seniorjahr sendet, dann ist das ein Total von 1,2%.
two million dollars in taxpayer funds for elon musk i mean anyone's eligible but you're the author of this bill you could you could limit it to middle class and working class families if you wanted to but you are allowing i know elon musk is a somewhat humorous example but wealthy parents whether they're the richest man in the world or whether they're just a family making over five hundred thousand dollars a year they have
Access to this program.
Elon Musk is not in the committee substitute, but you can keep asking.
When you look at Florida, 70% of the users of their voucher program were people who already had their kids in private school. In Arkansas it was 95%.
My concern is that if this plays out like I think it will, you're actually going to be taking the tax dollars of plumbers and nurses and working people and you're going to be subsidizing the tuition of wealthy families who already have their kids at St. John's, St. Mark's, St. Stevens. So that is a transfer of wealth from the bottom to the top.
I know the rhetoric around this bill is around helping working class people or helping poor kids. But your bill does not match the rhetoric. Your bill is opening the door to some of the wealthiest people in the state taking taxpayer funds to do something they're paying for anyway.
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