We must limit the percentage of federal grants to be used for salaries and benefits, define the use of these grants more narrowly, and limit Medicaid funds to the truly poor. Let's mandate that school districts publicly report to the taxpayers on what grants they are receiving and how the money is being used. Let's make our health expenses tax deductible. Last but not least, to avoid the pill, we mustn't eat the applesauce. A mother with a sick child puts the medicine in the applesauce, and the child eats the applesauce and doesn't know he took the medicine.
States are hungry for the professional development funds and the grant money.
The pill is hidden in the money. Marie Smith is the founder of Life's Silver Linings.