AFT Statement on Passage of House Budget Resolution
October 05, 2017
October 05, 2017
WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 -- The American Federation of Teachers issued the following statement by President Randi Weingarten on the passage of the House budget resolution:
"Republicans passed a budget resolution that decimates public education, Medicare and Medicaid to give tax breaks to the rich and corporations. This isn't a budget; it's a setup for a massive tax break for those at the top and will further rig our economy against working people while simultaneously hurtin . . .
"Republicans passed a budget resolution that decimates public education, Medicare and Medicaid to give tax breaks to the rich and corporations. This isn't a budget; it's a setup for a massive tax break for those at the top and will further rig our economy against working people while simultaneously hurtin . . .