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Peter Welch: “If [the Department of Education] is abolished, that means…”

Featuring: Peter Welch, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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Vermont Congressional Delegation Telephone Town Town Hall

Published | Video Starts at 41:39

Yeah, Well, I was going to say, you know, the Department of Education funding from that department and various programs that Becca was talking about actually help keep our property taxes down. Because If [the Department of Education] is abolished, that means all that burden is going to come back to the property taxpayer in Vermont. And property taxpayers in Vermont are totally overstretched. It's brutal. But you know, the questions that so many people have asked about what happens, that's the burden that should be on the Trump administration. (41:39–1:23:00)

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Asserts that abolishing the Department of Education would increase the tax burden on Vermont property taxpayers.

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