On the contrary, I think vouchers stand for the notion that people who don't use
the public educational system shouldn't have to pay for it.  If I send my
children to private school, then I pay their tuition PLUS paying for everyone
else's kids (with my taxes).  Rather than vouchers, I'd prefer that families who
don't make use of public schools simply be exempted from paying whatever
percentage of their taxes goes to fund education.

I'm raising my children to believe that a commitment to Biblical morality and
doctrine, and above all, a personal commitment to Jesus Christ, are the most
important decisions they will ever make; that no success is worth having unless
it is consistent with the Christian life; that the whole point of existence is
to bring individuals into a closer relationship with God, and that nothing that
does not contribute to that goal is, in the long run, worthwhile.  It really
bothers me that not only must I send them to government-run schools that try to
teach them the opposite of all this, but that I'm forced to foot the bill for it
as well.

Wayne




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In Kansas and Tennessee and Mississippi, Bush's education agenda is being
primarily interpreted as the idea of school vouchers, which is political code
for the notion that the US government (meaning all of us) should pay for
their children to attend religious academies so that they will not be exposed
to the corrupting ideas of modern science.

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