SENATE BILL: The Gaining Excellent Teachers (GET) Act (Law'd)

[Napoleon]

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[Napoleon]

Citizen Commentary:
Anyway, personally, I'm not a fan of making the tax code more complicated if it can be avoided. Instead I would like to see the requirements for becoming a teacher raised, and pay increased, both to reflect the stricter standards and to make becoming a teacher attractive.

I usually prefer to avoid working through the tax code but this is a case in which I would prefer to make an exception. Increasing teacher pay just isn't easy for the federal government to do without risking saddling the regions with an unfunded mandate. I am unlikely to support Napoleon's amendment for this reason.

I already changed my amendment.

[Napoleon]

AYE

[Napoleon]

Aye

[Napoleon]

I mean why is this a two way conversation between my and Nix?

Because its a lot of talking and not a lot of doing. I don't think this legislation will have a meaningful impact if it passes. I'm listening but I don't have much to say here. And if we go in a different direction, it'd be better to start over with a new bill.

[Napoleon]

Passing this shouldn't have anything to do with a tax cut.

[Napoleon]

Passing this shouldn't have anything to do with a tax cut.

The amount of revenue that we collect should have everything to do with the expenditures that we mandate - even if running a surplus suits us at some times while a deficit is more appropriate at others.

That said, I would support Yankee's amendment, which should allow us to implement this program without significantly affecting the overall federal budget.

As Yankee pointed out, if we pass the amended version of this and the unamended tax cut, we still have a surplus.

[Napoleon]

Aye