Are you saying these kids and parents Are making this stuff up?
There are two sides to any story. Sometimes if the story comes from a publication that I know has a tendency to print anything negative towards something and nothing positive as a vehicle to push their political philosophies, yes, I do really wonder about it. It monstly happens in a liberal media, but is used on the other side as well. Just like all of the negative things we see about Iraq. The good stuff that happens doesn't get reported. There are plenty of good teachers and things that happen, but in our negative and biased society today, we tend to look past things. We also have become a blame the other guy society rather than saying what we can do to help out. We like to sit and complain about things instead.
You have to attack public schools with money (or removal of money). It does not matter if 1/2 of all students are homeschooled, that leaves the other 1/2 to be indoctrinated with 100% of all the tax dollars.
Sorry, there is no systematic ploy to indoctrinate kids. I personally respect homeschooling parents who do it right (I have seen some very good ones and others who used it as an excuse for an extra babysitter too).
The best solution is to go beyond vouchers and allow homeschoolers to withold property tax dollars since they will use the money for their own children.
Homeschooling is a personal choice, not a tax expense. Other taxpayers like me would be paying for others' personal choices. The solution is to keep homeschooling as a viable option (with not so much regulation, but if the child returns to public schools, he or she should be up to standard academically--something I have seen only once in nine years of teaching). Public taxes should not be used as a subsidy for private matters. That makes it a liberal issue then.
As a teacher, I try to go beyond taxes and find different ways to do things to save expenses. In my state, we have done so for decades. I think the solution is not lots more money being spent or withdrawn. The solution is interaction, giving a little time, and changing our attitudes. That doesn't take much money at all.