To add $15 million for the "great parents, great start" program, $15 million for Intermediate School Districts (ISDs) operations, and $23 million for government programs for "at risk" children. The extra money would be raised by repealing a number of tax exemptions, for example collecting more taxes on vending machine food purchases ($25 million), movie theaters motion picture rentals ($20 million), toll-free telephone services ($22 million), purchases of trucks used in interstate commerce ($16 million) and more.
52 Yeas / 58 Nays | |
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