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Originally posted by 89transam
Good thread, but I dont think anyone has posted an obvious reason vouchers will not work.
A big draw for private schools is their exclusivity. You pay money so your kids dont have to go to school with all the common folk. If we give out vouchers its not like the private schools will magically open thier doors for everyone, they will increase the price for the exact amount that the vouchers are for , wiether it be $1,000 or $10,000.
So in turn all you would really be doing is taking money away from the public shools and giving it to the privates.
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For the 'exclusive' schools yea they would, but thats not an issue. First 'voucher' money isn't like a pile of cash, it would be pretty easy to mandate to schools that taking a voucher means you can't charge extra, problem sloved. You would also see new private schools created by this as well. The government does a horrible job of regulating itself, there is no accountability except to the voters, which they count on not paying attention.