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John James: “Bleeding off 50% of the money that we're spending in taxes…”

Featuring: John James, Republican | U.S. House, Michigan, District 10

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Mackinac Policy Conference Panel 2026

Published | Video Starts at 15:22

And so we owe it to them to make sure that we're doing every single thing in our power to get them the resources that are necessary. And Bleeding off 50% of the money that we're spending in taxes in the school system. Bleeding that off into overhead because we have more school districts in southeast Michigan than in the entire state of Florida is not the way to do it. (15:22–15:28)

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Asserts that 50% of tax money spent in the school system is being wasted.

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