Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Jerry writes in part: > > <<And W. wants to subsidize those private schools, taking the money > > from public schools. Therefore those bad public schools will be > worse, > with even less money per student.>> ...and LRZeitlin responds in part: > > This is a common misperception. > > > Second, even if vouchers are authorized by local communities to > subsidize > parents who send kids to private schools, the vouchers rarely pay > for more than a > small part of the tuition. More important, THE PARENTS ARE NOT > EXEMPT FROM > PAYING LOCAL SCHOOL TAXES. So the parents pay twice, first to send > the kids to > private schools, second to support the public schools in their > community. And > they pay those taxes as long as they live in the community, even > if they don't > have kids in school. I am a father and a taxpayer. I view my life long obligation to pay school taxes as being the way in which I repay the state for educating me. The fact that my children are currently being provided their primary schooling via partial state sponsored funding is not relevant to me. Regards, Greg > > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html