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crazyfingers · 06-30-2003, 06:18 PM

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As Americans continue to debate how best to improve our public education system, congressional leaders continue to push voucher schemes -- sometimes misleadingly referred to as "opportunity scholarships" -- that would siphon tax dollars from public schools to private and religious schools.

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School voucher schemes would force all taxpayers to support religious beliefs and practices with which they may strongly disagree.
At the heart of these proposals are the goals of commingling church and state in the classroom and diverting public funds to private and parochial schools. Religious schools represent 85 percent of the total private school enrollment in the United States. These schools by their nature combine proselytization with education and therefore should not be funded by taxpayer dollars.

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Worldtraveller · 07-03-2003, 12:37 AM

Done! And since my representative is still Jim Kolbe, I will be very interested in seeing how he votes.

-Lane

LogicMage · 07-03-2003, 01:03 PM

Mine is Jeff Flake... I know how he will vote...Bastard

theIPU · 07-03-2003, 02:12 PM

Hmm...So I have to pay money to public schools even though my kid goes to a religious school, and when I want the money I PAID to the public school system back to pay for my child's education I can't? wtf that doesn't sound like a very fair situation.

LogicMage · 07-03-2003, 02:20 PM

That forces the government to fund a religious organization... and it gives other peoples tax dollars to sectarian schools as well...

greenbear · 07-03-2003, 02:43 PM

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Originally posted by theIPU
Hmm...So I have to pay money to public schools even though my kid goes to a religious school, and when I want the money I PAID to the public school system back to pay for my child's education I can't? wtf that doesn't sound like a very fair situation.

You have made a choice to send your children to a private school. Should the public schools suffer funding loss because you opted for a luxury education for your children when a public education was available? I have no children in public schools yet I still pay property taxes. I don't resent supporting the public schools.

Jewel · 07-03-2003, 03:31 PM

My Representative is Rep. Frank R. Wolf (R-VA). I'm sure he will be voting for the vouchers. All the more reason to tell him I oppose any such legislation.

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07-03-2003, 12:37 AM	#2
Worldtraveller Banned Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 7,834	Done! And since my representative is still Jim Kolbe, I will be very interested in seeing how he votes. -Lane

07-03-2003, 01:03 PM	#3
LogicMage Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Deep within the recesses of a twisted mind Posts: 74	Mine is Jeff Flake... I know how he will vote...Bastard

07-03-2003, 02:12 PM	#4
theIPU Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Ohio Posts: 65	Hmm...So I have to pay money to public schools even though my kid goes to a religious school, and when I want the money I PAID to the public school system back to pay for my child's education I can't? wtf that doesn't sound like a very fair situation.

07-03-2003, 02:20 PM	#5
LogicMage Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Deep within the recesses of a twisted mind Posts: 74	That forces the government to fund a religious organization... and it gives other peoples tax dollars to sectarian schools as well...

07-03-2003, 03:31 PM	#7
Jewel Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Northern Virginia, USA Posts: 1,112	My Representative is Rep. Frank R. Wolf (R-VA). I'm sure he will be voting for the vouchers. All the more reason to tell him I oppose any such legislation. Done.

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