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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a young teacher, I can only tell you how many vacancies went unfilled this year. The federal government just allocated a ton of money to state and local governments and earmarked much of it for education. If anything, we will need smaller classes and more teachers next year. 
It’s comical that parents claim they want a better education for their children while celebrating something that would have the opposite effect. What parents actually want is compliant, docile women to watch their children all day and now they want revenge. [/quote]

A lot of us just want vouchers since we have given up on the public school system.[/quote]

Seriously. Where do I sign up for that?[/quote]

Go to RWNJ state for vouchers. Not happening around here. We value education too much to inflict that on ourselves. 
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Sorry, even if you have given up on the public school system, you don't get vouchers.  Since before you were born, everyone pays the taxes that go into public schools.  That includes millions of people who have no children, have children in private or parochial schools or children that are grown up and out of the system.  Just because you don't like the public school system, you don't get to take that tax money back out to apply to private school tuition.  This is like me saying that since I don't drive on any of the roads in your part of the state, I should get my infrastructure money back so that I can apply it to a new car that I drive in my part of the state.  Pubic schools are a taxable item and are there for anyone who lives in the jurisdiction.  We all pay for that whether we use it or not.  We all pay taxes for many, many government agencies and budget items that we don't use.  You don't get line item veto of the items you don't use.

So, you are welcome to send your child to a private or parochial school, but if you do so, you pay for the tuition out of your pocket and don't get to take back the tax money you paid to support the public schools.  [/quote]

NP. To be fair, public education in this country is far worse now than it ever was half a century ago. So it’s not really a fair comparison.

And as for roads, you do use them even if you never drive. The food you eat, clothes you wear, materials for the house you’re living in were all transported on roads.

Personally, I think education vouchers are long overdue.[/quote]
I'm sure you do. Not every road is a service road. I won't be paying for any roads that trucks can't drive on. I also have no interest in contributing my tax dollars for the following public goods, services, and expenses: the military, the police force, the space force, bailouts for corporations, corporate tax breaks. I'll take a check. [/quote]

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