What? And degrade the authority of the all-powerful, all-knowing, godlike nanny state? Next thing you know, the serfs will want to keep their hard-earned dollars in their own pockets! Where is your sense of social responsibility, sir? < /sarcasm>
Posted on 07/02/2002 2:51:19 AM PDT by kattracks
Edited on 05/26/2004 5:07:05 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
July 2, 2002 -- NOW that there's a lawful alternative, under what moral standard will New York City keep forcing poor parents to send their children to failing schools?
Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court found school vouchers to be constitutional. Vouchers let parents use their children's share of public-education funding as tuition at a private or parochial school - creating the possibility of a real education for the millions of poor, largely minority children now trapped in failing and dangerous U.S. urban public schools - and a true chance to move out of poverty.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
What? And degrade the authority of the all-powerful, all-knowing, godlike nanny state? Next thing you know, the serfs will want to keep their hard-earned dollars in their own pockets! Where is your sense of social responsibility, sir? < /sarcasm>
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