16th December 2003, 4:53 PM
ABF, the biggest thing with school vouchers is "Why should I pay for something I don't use?" I don't understand how you can be so agaisnt it, except for the fact that most private schools are "religious" and therefore offensive. Actually, I doubt you would care if it's Buddhist or Muslim or whatever else, but they are mostly Christian and we certainly can't have that! The very thought offends me! *gasp*
I think it would be great if every family got a certain amount of money per kid- however much it would cost to go to public school. They could spend that money on whatever schooling they wanted. It wouldn't help the rich people, because rich people can already send their kids to private schools. It would instead let people go to the school they wanted, thus making competition, thus forcing the public schools to get better if they want to stick around. You did know that US schools are ranked near the very bottom in the entire world, right?
I don't get it. I thought you were all anti-big business. Doesn't that mean you want competition? So why not in schools? Everything government-run sucks. The Post Office, public schools, the VA system. It goes on and on. It's all bloated out of proportion, the employees are very apathetic and lazy, and everything takes FOREVER because there is so much red tape. If you want specific examples I can give you plenty, but I don't want to waste everyone's time with stating redundant facts. Just imagine if grocery stores or car companies or whatever else was government run. It would be a nightmare.
I think it would be great if every family got a certain amount of money per kid- however much it would cost to go to public school. They could spend that money on whatever schooling they wanted. It wouldn't help the rich people, because rich people can already send their kids to private schools. It would instead let people go to the school they wanted, thus making competition, thus forcing the public schools to get better if they want to stick around. You did know that US schools are ranked near the very bottom in the entire world, right?
I don't get it. I thought you were all anti-big business. Doesn't that mean you want competition? So why not in schools? Everything government-run sucks. The Post Office, public schools, the VA system. It goes on and on. It's all bloated out of proportion, the employees are very apathetic and lazy, and everything takes FOREVER because there is so much red tape. If you want specific examples I can give you plenty, but I don't want to waste everyone's time with stating redundant facts. Just imagine if grocery stores or car companies or whatever else was government run. It would be a nightmare.