DeSantis--School Vouchers For All!

There it is.

 

This just in. Wealthy Floridians paying for schools their children don’t attend to receive benefits for schools they actually attend.

 

You keep saying I've been "duped," you haven't said how it's incorrect despite me pointing out how it's an accurate description.

 

Good God. Just think for a sec about what you write. And now . . . . that legit substance?

 

Classic.

 

I didn't write that, so quoting me on it is low of you. I'll restate that educational experts (not "the state") know what's best. If the state knew what was best, guv wouldn't be screwing up schooling in the U.S. Now . . . support, evidence, substance?

 

No, but you quoted the Hill as an authority while using that quote.

What is that not an authority anymore?

 

Think of the average person and how stupid they are. Half of parents are dumber than that. I wish educators were smarter and the administration was more competent but they are better than the average parent.

 

Quote the original source, not me. Classic = classic poor scholarship on your part. You receive an F and still haven't provided any source of info. I'll allow one makeup attempt for partial credit if you have any credible sources.

 

I don't have to.

You've provided everything I need. The crux of your point is parents are too stupid to be trusted with the decision of where to send their kids to school.

 

Your argument is a red herring.

 

I quoted a point which you quoted from the Hill.

You're right that those weren't "your words," but you presented those exact words on this board as an authority. Now you're backtracking because apparently you don't like what it says about you.

 

No. Red Herring. FULL STOP.

 

You presented those words as an authority:

It's right there:

The transcript doesn't lie.

 

This just shows again that there really is no limit to how far the right will go. What starts out as an arguably moderate measure (15 week abortions, school vouchers for poor) inevitably will morph into something more radical.

 

My dad was a moderate Democrat and supporter of public education. He not only sent us to public schools but wouldn't pull strings to put us into the nicer (and reportedly much better) public school that we would have gone to if we had lived just a few houses down. This was despite people warning him about how bad and dangerous the school was. It was clear to me then from the comments of my elementary school friends who were going to go to the other middle school that race played a significant part in their relief that they weren't going to the middle school I was going to.

Ultimately, maybe my dad did what he did because he didn't want to be called a hypocrite. Or maybe he thought the life experience was important for me. I had a positive experience either way and wound up getting accepted into the IB program (though I decided against it).

 

The governments, through PRIVATE COMPANIES, build the houses.

Your response just highlights how you’ve politicized a public, non-partisan issue.

 

I just think people should be given the choice. I have lots of friends and family who went to public school and went to private school.

I think it's about giving parents options. That's the highest priority for me.

If competing with private schools leaves some public schools with less money, and thereby worse off... so be it. That's the free market for you.

If a locality happens to have reputable public schools and parents want to keep sending their kids to public schools despite the voucher program... so be it.

 

facts vs emotions

sadly, people vote on emotions, facts be damned