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I will see what I can find, but I can't do it right now. You listen to Rush he was the first person I heard mention the prepay proposal.
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Voucher systems will vary by state or city, so it is possible. This is the first time I have heard of a pay-up-front plan.
In any event, it still would not matter, since Parents could still opt to stay with the Public system. The two systems are not mutually exclsuive. In the end it is still
increasing the number of options poor people have. Not decreasing them.
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No they have the option of allowing their money to teach their children in public school.
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The end result is that they pay twice for education; once through taxes and once through private schools. This system will be more fair in that it will credit them back the tax dollars they are not using.
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If they choose to go elsewhere then it is their choice to not take advantage of the system their tax dollars provide.
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Which would be fine except for one small point: They
arnt allowed to opt out of the Public school system.
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They have the option, poor people under the current system have no option.
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The Voucher program would give them that option. You are supporting my argument.
Vouchers give opportunities to poor people they would not otherwise have.
Vouchers are more fair to wealthy people as well.
Who loses?
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The ones already in private schools are not my concern, it is the ones who will leave the public system, crippling it further!
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Why will it cripple it further?
They take money out of the system, but then the system no longer has to support them. So it is a wash. Public schools arnt losing anything they didnt have before.
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If it is set up in a manner where only the rich can take advantage, it's welfare for the rich.
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The rich getting their tax money back = welfare? Huh?
It really sounds to me like you want to use the current system to punish the rich for being rich...
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The public school system is no more or less corrupt than the rest of the government programs.
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THATS your defense for Public Education? heh heh heh
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I don't either, if that is the way we go. On the other hand the money is allocated for our public schools to be well ran, educational facilities, and the American people are not getting their moneys worth.
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Then lets give the Private sector a shot at it.
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I only maintain that if your child isn't doing well in public school then private school, may not be the answer either!!!
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So having one choice is better than having two choices? Is that your logic?
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So where is the advantage, other than having a child with credentials, for college??
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Because if you have two choices, chances are one is going to be better than the other. That is how competition works.
If public schools are really better, you have nothing to worry about. No one has suggested vouchers should be mandatory. Stay in public school if you want.
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What is Colorado proposing??
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Look at my previous posts. That is a summary of their proposal.
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Are they trying to eliminate public schools or are they truly concerned about raising the academic level of their students in general???
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Vouchers are a supplement to the public program. The only way the public program could be eliminated is if EVERYONE decided to use vouchers. The only way
that would happen is if the private schools provide a better product.
So there is not a reason to be anti-voucher. It gives the poor more choices is all.