On May 16, 12:22*am, Hawke wrote:
*Why isn't
there a voucher system so the people have a choice where they send their
kids to school?

No vouchers because we believe in small government. We already provide a
good public and non religious education for everybody. If that isn't
good enough for you then buy your kids your own religious education.
Can't afford it? Then be happy we have a free public education system.
You're lucky we still have it at all.


Sure we do. We're just not going to pay for it. People like me with no
kids already pay for yours. I'll be darned if I'm going to pay for your
private religious schools too. You ask for too much from the government.


Hawke

I pretty much agree with you on separating church and state. I
certainly do not want the government paying for anything religious.
But have a different slant on vouchers for schools. My thoughts are
that the government ought to encourage anything that creates a
educated citizen and also try to get the most education for the money
spent.

So if vouchers encourage people to take their children out of public
schools and thereby reduce the amount that the government has to spend
to educate children, then they are a good thing. So a voucher of say
1/3 to 2/3rds of the cost of public school would be a good thing. It
would reduce the cost of public education and presumably do as well or
better in educating the kids.

So that would agree with your small government ideas and would provide
some competition to the public school. Without competition the
public school will not try to be efficient.

Dan