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- From: jdahl@rchland.vnet.ibm.com (Jared Dahl)
- Subject: Re: Are you pro-choice on education? (was Re: Pro-)
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- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 23:33:54 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan21.201613.27707@oakhill.sps.mot.com>, pjm@anegada.sps.mot.com (Patrick J. McGuinness) writes:
- |> How would a voucher system be any more a 'subsidy for the rich'
- |> than the current public school system? This is a red herring.
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- It will be a subsidy for those who can already afford to send their
- kids to private schools. Those who can't, tough. Private schools
- are a business, and should not be supported with government money.
-
- |> Pro-abortion-choice folks often speak of the family planning
- |> angle. (can't let an 'unwanted' child be brought out into the world.)
- |> Why isn't the best education for your child considered
- |> a part of the important life choices that a family should be able to
- |> plan for? We are not speaking of choice in education as a "right", but
- |> that choice in education is simply good social policy that
- |> is in the best interests of the children and the families involved.
-
- You want an abortion? Fine, you pay for it.
- You want to send your kid to private school? Fine, you pay for it.
-
- It seems that pro-voucher folks think that private schools have
- unlimited space and will take anyone. Well, that's not true.
- They have size limits and admission standards. And I would guess
- that many of these schools would not consider people who need
- vouchers to pay tuition "their type of people."
-
-
- Jared Dahl
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