[Tired of Taxes]

Vouchers would just stretch the arm of government into private schools, too.

And $3000 vouchers? Dismantle the whole system. You can all educate your kids far more inexpensively buying books and materials on the free market, or just use your public library if you can't afford anything.

[AlexandriaDuke]

Vouchers would just stretch the arm of government into private schools, too

Exactly! I'm sad to see good people like Walter Williams still clinging to the voucher shell game. It's just more Al Gorish "Let's Make Government Work Better!" futility.

[traviskicks]

Vouchers would just stretch the arm of government into private schools, too.
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I agree, but I look at is as the first politically possible step towards total dismantlemnt of the government school system. Unfortuntely, I don't think people would take kindly to eliminating all state education tommorrow.

First we need competition, charter schools are preferable over vouchers, although they are sort of the same thing, depedning how they are defined, for ex: if all private schools are considered charter schools.

Then after people get used to (gasp) being more responsible for the educaiton of their children then the next step can be taken.

[Temple Owl]

Home schooling would probably be best for everyone, but not everyone is able or is willing to home school. Vouchers have worked beautifully everywhere they've been instituted.

[Tribune7]

Vouchers would just stretch the arm of government into private schools, too.

Not too long ago and not to far away, there was a place where everywhere homeschooling parents were considered criminal and punished by law.

But, heroic people got involved in politics and low and behold the evil dragon of educracy was driven away, and homeschooling is legal just about everywhere and even now respected.

It is true that vouchers would increase the reach of government into some private schools -- and appropriately in some regards. We do not want to give tax dollars to schools espousing Islamofascism.

What more than makes up for this concern, however, is that it vouchers vastly increase the reach of the market, parents and general commonsense into the public schools which now miseducate the large majority of our children.

I unabashedly support vouchers.

And if you really fear what might happen to your private school via vouchers consider what the homeschoolers did and realize that if you are politically vigilant government's role will not become unduly intrusive.

[Doe Eyes]

Dismantle the whole system.

No kidding. Feed, cloth and educate your children.

Don't expect the government to do it for you.