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October 17, 2004
Do the Right Thing
Here is a telling statement from Sen. Dianne Feinstein (Dem. CA) regarding her support for the Washington D.C. voucher program. It passed the Senate in no small part due to her backing:
Affluent people do this all the time. Affluent people have that opportunity. If their child does not do well in one setting, they can place their child in another setting. Why shouldn't the poor person have that same opportunity? This is the weight of our argument. This is the candor of our argument. I hope this is the caring point of our argument, because if this passes, 2,000 children will be able to take that pilot and 5 years from now we will know a lot more than we know today.
I have gotten a lot of flak because I am supporting it. And guess what. I do not care. I have finally reached the stage in my career, I do not care. I am going to do what I sincerely believe is right. I have spent the time. I have gone to the schools, I have seen what works, I have seen what does not work. Believe it or not, I have always been sort of a political figure for the streets as opposed to the policy wonks. I know different things work on the streets that often do not work on the bookshelves. So we will see.
-THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 25, 2003
Posted by Peter Mork at October 17, 2004 10:07 AM
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