There is just no reason why the richest nation in the world can't provide health care to all its people.
We all leave personal legacies for the people we know and love.
Education is the foundation upon which we build our future.
Vernon Reis opened the world to me through books. He taught me that while I was physically firmly planted in blue-collar Auburn, Washington in the 50s and early 60s, intellectually I could go anywhere, explore anything, and sample exciting new ideas simply by opening a book.
Education can lift individuals out of poverty and into rewarding careers.
I will never be able to create a budget from scratch with the amount of time that I have, but my instructions remain the same: Give me a budget that has no new revenue.