I compare it to playing a musical chairs game. There is not going to be a chair for everybody. |
The federal deficit is a concern, but education should not be cut. Increased education investment must be an essential part of the strategy to reduce the deficit. Education investments will more than pay for itself by increasing economic productivity and innovation and reducing the incidence of costly social issues like unemployment, poverty and crime. When our students succeed, our nation succeeds. |
When the cost of inflation is taken into account, the cut is almost $2 billion in real terms for schools, colleges and libraries. |