Who pays for the vouchers. How much competition for your educational dollar would there be in Cow Chip N. Dakota, population 485. The answer is none. What makes you think that education is the only use of property taxes. It pays for roads, bridges, fire & police departments, public health services etc. The tuition bill for my kids education came out to be considerable more that I pay in property taxes. As a matte of fact, the money I paid in property taxes each year, would only cover three months of tuition at the Parochial school they attended.Your property taxes wont go away. The private sector provides a superior product in every category when it has to provide that service to a limited clientele that can afford the price. Would not want to have to pay $27.95, plus tip for each meal like I do at my favorite restaurant each meal every day. Besides they can only seat 20 at time. Where will the other 4 thousand residents of my community eat, and how will they bear the cost to do. I get a warrantee for the products I buy, What type of warrantee will the educational “business” give me that my kid will be educated to the standard I expect for my money. The answer is none.
Competition would provide many alternatives and costs would come down. Right now taxpayers are paying through the nose to support the failing government schools. You forget the cost of providing that crappy public school lunch. If a business doesn’t provide a good product or service, it doesn’t last and another business will take its customers. You think that the “education” kids get in the public school system comes with a guarantee of quality? When government fails, it just demands more money. The money saved from eliminating the bloated government schools would be used to provide vouchers for poor children, although businesses and charities would fall over themselves to pay for education for poor kids. Even now many private schools give scholarships to poor children. Government can’t manage a 2-car funeral, let alone education or Heath care.