Republicans are against taxes. They say commerce tax. No, just to your point is the commerce tax was passed. I opposed that. I was the first to oppose that. Two ESAs. Had we passed ESAs, it would have been great. I mean, the Democrats complain we're trying to protect public schools. All the money is going to students. It's not going to, you know, it's not going to private schools. (23:39–23:43)
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Asserts that passing Education Savings Accounts (ESAs) would have been beneficial.
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