#co

There's no question that any of us who are doing an honest job in government could do a lot better in private industry. During the years I was practicing law as an individual, my salary was a great deal more than it is now. ↗

— Bill Scott

#better #could #deal #doing #during

Giving a 10-year mandatory minimum for a second offense fist fight is not going to reduce the chance that someone will be stabbed 16 times when you are not funding any of the programs that are desperately needed to actually reduce juvenile crime. ↗

— Bobby Scott

#any #chance #crime #desperately #fight

I think we should worry about Social Security first and then tax cuts second. ↗

— Bobby Scott

#cuts #first #i #i think #second

In the Brown decision, the United States Supreme Court unanimously struck down the legal and moral footing of racially segregated public education in this country. ↗

— Bobby Scott

#country #court #decision #down #education

No one should be denied the opportunity to get an education and increase their earning potential based solely on their inability to pay for a college education. ↗

— Bobby Scott

#college #college education #denied #earning #education

One of the problems with even suggesting that purpose of a Federal law is for law enforcement officers to assist in protecting the public outside their jurisdictions is that it may give them encouragement or even a sense of obligation to do so. ↗

— Bobby Scott

#encouragement #enforcement #even #federal #federal law

So, the struggle for equal educational opportunity continues. ↗

— Bobby Scott

#educational #equal #opportunity #struggle

The destinies of the two races in this country are indissolubly linked together, and the interests of both require that the common government of all shall not permit the seeds of race hate to be planted under the sanction of law. ↗

— Bobby Scott

#common #country #destinies #government #hate

Unequal funding resources also results in unequal educational opportunity when you consider studies that show that one half of low income students who are qualified to attend college do not attend because they can't afford to. ↗

— Bobby Scott

#also #attend #because #college #consider

Unfortunately, the elimination of incentives such as parole, good time credits and funding for college courses, means that fewer inmates participate in and excel in literacy, education, treatment and other development programs. ↗

— Bobby Scott

#courses #credits #development #education #elimination