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To: Fedora

No, and probably never will be. Or they'll want too much supervision. They already demand a lot, it could only get worse.

The unfair thing about taxes on people who send their kids to private school, or homeschool, is that they're paying for the product twice. Everyone who doesn't use the system, like people without kids, is getting a raw deal. But at least they don't pay twice.


1,229 posted on 07/15/2004 2:12:38 PM PDT by JenB (Colorado or Bust: 14 Days)
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To: JenB

"No, and probably never will be. Or they'll want too much supervision. They already demand a lot, it could only get worse."

Yeah, that would be bad. What do they demand now? Standardized tests I'd have mixed feelings about (I believe in educational standards but not in the federal government designing them) but could grudgingly live with them. Supervision of curriculum I'd object to more strongly because the teachers unions would be likely to try to build some PC crap into the curriculum.

"The unfair thing about taxes on people who send their kids to private school, or homeschool, is that they're paying for the product twice. Everyone who doesn't use the system, like people without kids, is getting a raw deal. But at least they don't pay twice."

That's why I was wondering. To me it only makes sense to give tax benefits to homeschooling familes. I used to write articles advocating vouchers for private schools and I see the same arguments applying to homeschooling.


1,249 posted on 07/15/2004 2:34:10 PM PDT by Fedora (Kerryman, Kerryman, does whatever a ketchup can/Spins a lie, any size, catches wives just like flies)
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To: JenB
Everyone who doesn't use the system, like people without kids, is getting a raw deal. But at least they don't pay twice.

Sure we do...kind of. Ever try training college grads who can't add without a calculator or couldn't write a grammatically correct sentence if you put a gun to their heads?

1,253 posted on 07/15/2004 2:47:58 PM PDT by Overtaxed (That'll teach Fredo not to go against The Family.)
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