[RussP]

Don't tell me ... I'll bet you went to a public school yourself.

So let me get this straight. The government is currently paying $8,000 annually to educate each student. With vouchers, $4,000 goes to the parents, and the kid goes to a private school. Now your telling that the government school still needs the $8,000 they were getting for that student - even though the student no longer attends that school?

That's quite a scam.

[stylin19a]

actually, I went to a parochial catholic school k-12 !

again, I believe voucher use will be minimal

The voucher can also be used to go to another public school, so the 8 grand aint reduced, it's just redirected

Plus, my local high school charges MORE for out of district students. They get approx 9 grand per student, but they charge out of district students 13,000.
also, the government doesn't foot the whole bill, MY property taxes pay for a good portion.
MY property tax bill for the year 2000 is $2590.26.
The grade school district gets: 1048.41
The high school district gets: 703.13
The college district gets: 67.69
plus an additional 43.49 goes to pensions for these districts for a total of 1875.53 which is approx. 72% of MY tax bill.
So who is really footing the bill ? Will vouchers reduce my property taxes ?

let me go to the absurd here...if EVERYONE leaves my district with vouchers, will my taxes be reduced to $725.46 ??? I don't think so

Will the federal money saved by having no school district here be returned to the taxpayers ???? nah, it will be redirected to wherever the kids went.

vouchers are being touted by the same party that at one time, wanted to dissolve the Dept. of HEW
...TOO FUNNY !