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Originally Posted by Zoe";p="
It strikes me that the statement,"I am in favor of vouchers", is like saying " I favor health care reform".
The devil is in the details and from what I can see, those of you who say you favor vouchers are not unanimous in your vision. So I would be curious to know if there is a consensus of any kind.
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I doubt it, there will always be diverse opinions on any major issue. But like everything else, it is workable.
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Would you allow vouchers to be used for private schools?
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Definitely, assuming they meet minimum federal guidelines.
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Would you abandon church/state separation and use tax funds to subsidize religiously oriented private schools?
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Again, assuming they met minimum federal guidelines.
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Would you anticipate spending more money to make vouchers work?
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That depends, I already pay an insanely ridiculous $675/month in property taxes. Are we talking I now pay $700 or are we talking I now pay $1,000? That isn't a yes or no answer.
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Who pays for the extra transportation costs?
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Part of property taxes, I don't expect this to increase much in many cities that already bus.
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Would schools no longer be locally controlled and voted upon?
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They can still be voted on by locals (and other attendees of the school). Although what exactly do you vote on? I've been in Mass 10 years and have to vote on anything in regards to school.
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Do you think that vouchers would help inner city youth as a whole?
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Absolutely, they should benefit the most. And if there are discipline problems they can go to special schools for kids with problems, just like most schools do currently.
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Who pays for the extra expense of special ed. kids? The feds? the States? Property taxes?
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Who pays for it now? I don't see any reason for that answer to change.
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My friends in Birmingham, Al. say that the public schools are all underfunded and black, the private schools are all white. Do you believe that vouchers will change that?
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Yep, private schools are all white because the public schools stink. Let the black kids start going to private schools and that will improve the education of those kids. Like any product, if there is overcrowding than either more private schools will open or public schools will begin to improve because of increased demand for those that are the best of the pubic ones. Likely a combo of both.