Speaking of vouchers, does anyone know the % of Americans that favor them?
I didn't like vouchers the way they were sold. Only one segment of society would get the goods. (I'm for all out school choice.)
I have no hard numbers at my disposal for public support for vouchers. Regardless, it has been a thumping bust, politically speaking. It has been responsible for a lot of lost votes in suburbs, because the Democrats have claimed repeatedly that vouchers are "taking money from our public schools." Republicans have no response, and the upper-middle class residents who have good public schools vote for the Democrat.
The voucher issue was supposed to be the Republican gateway to black, Hispanic, and other inner-city voters. While most poor blacks support vouchers, they have continued to vote for the anti-voucher Democrats.
All in all, Republicans should demand an education tax credit that can be used by families for school choice. Drop the "voucher" terminology altogether. Of course none of this was in the recent education bill.
COnservatives have to learn death by a thousand cuts. Some vouchers here, a few there and before you know it the public is sold. And the inner city is actaually a good place to start because support fot them there among parents, despite what Jesse and Donna say, is very high.