[Homer_J_Simpson]

Can't keep the black folks on the plantation if they get a voucher and a REAL education!

A welfare check in the form of a government voucher is not a ticket off the plantation.

[Trust but Verify]

Then everyone who goes to a public school is getting a 'welfare check'.

[Tribune7]

How are vouchers as per "welfare" different than a subsidized MANDATORY public school system?

Granted in a voucher program, the widely supported tax subsidy for education would go directly to the parent -- rather than an agent of the state -- who would then be empowered to withhold funding from teachers who don't perform satisfactorily.