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Me: In any event, it still would not matter, since Parents could still opt to stay with the Public system.
But would they???
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Maybe. maybe not. Why not give them the option?
If the public system is really more desirable, you have nothing to lose. They'll stay with it. Right?
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You have an interesting concept of what taxes are??? You do realize that most of the taxes gathered for the purpose of public education, are from people without school age children???
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Yep. What does this have to do with anything?
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What would be the purpose of collecting taxes only to see to it that certain people get their money back???
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So let me get this straight...if childess people cant get their taxes back, then NO ONE should be able to get their taxes back? Is
that your logic?
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Kinda defeats the whole purpose doesn't it???
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The purpose of the taxes are to provide children in that area with education. Not to keep government workers employed.
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Me: They arnt allowed to opt out of the Public school system.
Sure they can they just have to be able to pay for it???
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Wrong. They have no option to refuse to use it. They are forced to pay for it either way. Even if they dont want to use it, they still have to pay for it. You really believe that is fair?
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The point is that majority of people with school age children, rarely pay $25,000 annually in taxes, the majority are lucky to make that much annually!
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So the wealthy pay more than their share of taxes for education, even though they do not use the public school system. Thanks for supporting my argument.
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If the public schools are abandoned, by those who can now pay the extra to send their kids to private schools, the poor will only have the option of staying in a system that has less money
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Which is irrelevant, since that system is also now supporting fewer students. Fewer students = fewer costs.
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If they cannot go to better public school then what is the point, of having a voucher system???
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To offer Parents a choice. Not everyone believes public schools are better than private, and vice versa. Why does it have to be "either/or" with you?
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Less students=less money=poorer facilities=worse teachers=poor learning environment!!!
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um...why?
Fewer students = fewer costs = less funding needed.
The facilities will not be "poorer" if they also have reduced costs due to a drop in their student population. That seems like common sense to me.
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This won't help poor kids get a better education, it assures they will be right back where we started??
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Um...no. Poor students can use the vouchers at any school they want. If they stay in public school, there are fewer students. It is a wash. Nothing really changes.
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Yes, bad rich, bad rich!!! I just don't see the benefit of a blanket voucher system. The original idea was to help underprivileged kids that have shown academic excellence
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huh? Where did the "academic excellence" come in? That is not the purpose of vouchers. Even retarded kids can use them. The purpose of vouchers is to provide options for ALL students, not just the good ones.
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and deserve to be allowed to attend a school with a better environment, than the juvenile prisons our politicians have the audacity to call schools!!!
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No, vouchers were never indended as a "reward system" for good students. I have no idea where you got that from. heh heh
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Me: So having one choice is better than having two choices? Is that your logic?
Uhhh, NO!!!
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Then why not let Parents have the option of using vouchers?
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Me: Because if you have two choices, chances are one is going to be better than the other. That is how competition works.
If you can afford it
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Everyone can afford it. That is the beauty of the system. People in poor areas of the city get the exact same amount as people in the rich areas.