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saying that they would use if for inner city or less affluent schools is an out right lie, the machiavelian bush method.
I dislike McCain. Vouchers for the poor do not work, at least in Utah. We have private schools that are so close to closing because the enrollment drops cause tuition increases causing enrollment drops. Only the top private schools that are selective in their enrollment procedures are thriving. I might vote for you if Mitt is VP, but I would still likely favor Obama.
Vouchers are simply a form of civil rights. Parents should have the right to determine such an important thing as where their child spend the majority of his time each day. Right now only the rich can make a choice. Civil rights dictate that all parents deserve this choice.
There will come a time when this will be obvious and it will be embarrassing that Utahns took so long to understand. It is interesting to talk to one of the new parents in the 20's and get their take on school choice - they can't understand why there is anything else but free choice. It is the entrenched members of society with a stake in the status quo that keep us in the dark ages with regard to educating our kids.
New Zealand went 100% choice years ago. The government pays for your child to attend any school. 85% stayed in public schools, which improved. Parents got what they wanted, so did teachers.
Approve Vouchers and watch as that free public school education at your Charter evaporates as the school transitions from Public to Private. While this won't happen immediately at all Charter Schools, more than one have this as a plan 'once' Vouchers are available.
Same with amnesty for illegals. He wants amnesty. The people don't.
He will never get elected unless he starts listening to the voters.
Get with it Sen McCain, so you'll have my vote in November 2008 along with Mitt for VP, and knock-off the moderate/liberal flip floping your doing to hurt the GOP.
"Vouchers are simply a form of civil rights. Parents should have the right to determine such an important thing as where their child spend the majority of his time each day. Right now only the rich can make a choice. Civil rights dictate that all parents deserve this choice."
Eduction may be a civil right but that doesn't mean that the government must pay for it. In America the government decided to provide a free education for everyone, the reason being is that free people need to be educated to remain free. If you are dissatisfied with the type of education the government has decided to supply, you can go out and get what you think you need... and pay for it.
However,
Maybe you could leave off the rape jokes and jokes about a woman's physical appearence. Maybe add some courses on World Map Study. Maybe leave off some of the education, at home, given by a woman who says disparaging things about a christian religion currently numbering around 13 million souls. Maybe leave off the carefully calculated ability to flip/flop. Maybe a few more lessons on honoring marriage vows. There could (will) be more items. However, no one is perfect!
If we divide all of the funds allocated to public education by the number of students, we would come up with a number (a few thousand per year).
I believe I should have the choice where these funds are going to educate my children. If a school teaches the big bang theory, or hands out condoms I should have a choice to choose a school the uses the philosophy and teaches the content with which I agree.
Giving the money to parents and allowing them to choose where the funds will be distributed will foster positive competition and improve all choices available to parents and children. This free-market system is exactly what our state and country needs.
Competent teachers shouldn't worry about losing their job, because the private schools that are run well, will attract more students hire more teachers. It's the tenured uncaring, incompetent teachers that nobody would hire that should worry.