Francesca Hong: “If they do not have strong public schools we do not have…”

“The question asked about what we cut if there would be taxes with their being compromised and first let's recognize about how we got here. Public education is one of the last remaining democratic institutions. If they do not have strong public schools we do not have democracy. Why for so many years And I think what we cannot compromise on is our kids education, the well being of our educators and making sure that all communities know that the world's very similar kids that we need strong schools.” (13:47–13:51)

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