Speech #870207328

I have tried in this bill to recognize the fact that many urban communities of America are suffering very serious financial problems in maintaining their public educational system because in many of these large urban communities. there has been a moving out of the city into the suburb of the higher wage earner at a time when a large percentage of unskilled workers from the rural communities of America are moving into large cities. We are experiencing a strange phenomenon in America where real estate property owners are moving out of the city into the suburbs. on the one hand. but the overall public school population of the large cities is not diminishing by a commensurate number because unskilled workers. usually with large families. are moving into the cities with no immediate contribution toward local taxes. There is sufficient evidence in many instances that unskilled workers moving into large industrial areas cannot immediately adapt themselves to urban life and. therefore. are not able to make any significant contribution to the local tax base. but the fact remains indisputable that these migrant workers families must be provided public school education. Mr. Speaker.