School Vouchers Killed by Democrat Congress – All poor children to be left behind now – Glenn Beck
No school vouchers, no charter schools, what’s next, no home schooling?
The liberals are out of control; this new found power that they have has gone straight to their heads, and hopefully it will be the cause of their demise. The ironic thing is how most of what they are doing is hurting the poor of this country, who by the way, this is the ironic part, are the ones who put them in power.
On top of the democrats trying to destroy the future of poor children by limiting their school choices, they have also placed an unfair tax on the poor by raising the tax on tobacco. A pack of cigarettes now costs 60 cents more, and a 50 count box of cigars now costs $17.50 more. The cigar tax is what really ticks me off, sense I smoke cigars. I just found out about this 700% increase in the cigar tax today, and now I’m as mad as Hell, and they will pay for what they are doing to us.
Of course I’m talking about at the ballot box, and nothing more. I am not advocating violence in any way. I feel I need to say that because if I don’t, then some dim witted liberal will accuse me of inciting violence against dim witted liberals, which I am not.
Once the poor of this country realize that the democrats are really not interested in them becoming more independent and successful, then that is when we will have real change. A poor black family with children, who are well educated by a school of their choice with the assistance of a voucher program, will be so much better off than a poor black family that is eternally dependent on the government for all of their needs.
This is why the democrats are against school vouchers, because vouchers will in the end make the poor better educated and more able to take care of their own needs without crawling to the government for help. The former poor will then no longer have a need for the democrats and therefore they will no longer vote for them; they will have been freed of their chains.
I believe that the conservatives, and which ever party wants to represent them, should grab onto this issue and run with it. This one issue may very well be the key to the future of our country. I do not believe that I am overstating this because as we all know, the children are the future, and those who control their education, will by that means, control the future.
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D.C. Families Bemoan Imminent Loss of Voucher Program
Education Secretary Arne Duncan has decided not to offer vouchers for new students because Congress extended the program for only one more school year.
The D.C. program gives about 1,700 low-income children scholarships worth up to $7,500, paid for with federal taxpayer dollars each year to cover costs of attending private schools — rather than the long-troubled D.C. public schools. The five-year pilot program was set to expire this year until Congress extended the program for only one more school year.
As a result, Education Secretary Arne Duncan decided not to offer vouchers for new students.
“To put them in for a year and then put them out didn’t make sense,” he said.
The issue of vouchers has exposed a deep fissure between Republicans, who support them, and Democrats, who oppose them.
Republicans insist that parents deserve a choice if their kids are in failing schools, saying vouchers create competition that puts pressure on public schools to do better.
Democrats, teachers’ unions and other opponents say it is impossible to expect public schools to do better while precious public dollars are being siphoned away to private schools.
But the voucher program in Washington has been an exception in the debate over vouchers. Because of the sorry state of public schools in the nation’s capitol, some Democrats were willing to allow it in 2003 when a Republican-led Congress created the voucher program.
It is the only federal voucher program in the country. Other cities and states have similar programs — vouchers are available in Milwaukee, Cleveland, Florida, Utah, Arizona and Georgia — but they are paid for with local tax dollars.
Supporters of vouchers have said teachers unions are putting pressure on Congress and the Obama administration to kill the voucher program in Washington. But Duncan insists that had nothing to do with it.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/04/14/dc-families-bemoan-imminent-loss-voucher-program/
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Some Black …
Some Black Democrats may not like vouchers, but many more like charters, and even when they don’t, if you point out more Black politicians and teachers put their children in private school when compared to the general population, and that Black parents of children in school, when given a chance, choose charters and/or vouchers, there is no disagreement that options should exist.
Republicans believe …
Republicans believe that every American parent reguardless of race, black, white, latino & asian-should have the same option to pull their kids out of the same failing public schools that President Obama has deemed unfit for his own children. That’s the real public option! Vote Republican!
Exactly A voucher …
Exactly A voucher program will work.
hi, I find some …
hi, I find some good Amazon vouchers at petacash . COM
I am tired of …
I am tired of paying thousands in school taxes because I have no kids. People that have no kids should at least get some kind of break and let the people who have kids pay a little more. If you can’t afford it, home school. Now they have indoor pools and air conditioning, most of us got by without it. I pay for Free Lunches; let the dam parents cook, instead of buying McDonald’s. If you are on a tight budget, make Rice & Beans like I did when I was broke.
The establishment …
The establishment clause to the first amendment states that the government can not support a religion or religious enity. In the school voucher case the parent makes the choice to support the religious school, the government does not dictate what school you go to. Therefore there is no violation.
No on vouchers, …
No on vouchers, this documentary is about 1 girl. Taxpayers have been funding public schools that are failing. If these schools are performing poorly then we are wasting money on public schools.
The best comparison …
The best comparison is our colleges and universities. We have both public and private ones, and the government gives out grants and loans to attend the one of your choice, whether it be public or private, and look how great they both are. It’s called as you stated, competition.
We could fix public …
We could fix public schools; but at a high cost. A voucher program can do it much faster, much cheaper, and much more effecttively. A voucher programs also puts private schools and public schools in direct competition, guarenting students will have a great education. Even with greatly increased public education funding, the money would just go to waste with no incentive to improve.
@novoneiro Public …
@novoneiro Public schools can not be fixed. It is a monopoly, with no accountability because it’s ran by incompetent bureaucrats in D.C. Public schools needs to be ran by local governments, so that it’s accountable to the people going to those schools, rather than political elites who only care when there’s an election. Even better, an entire free-market solution where failings schools go bankrupt and successful schools, that provide quality education, command a larger market share would be best
“Why not just fix …
“Why not just fix the public schools instead?”
That’s been the directive all this time, but it didn’t work. You can’t “fix” public schools when the “public” aspect is the problem. The monopoly is the problem.
They really don’t …
They really don’t get it, do they? It’s like talking to a brick wall. We need a conservative leader to get all over this issue. This issue is like black and white. Conservatives want to give the poor more choice and power, while the liberals want to keep them in their place. I just don’t understand why the conservative leaders are not all over this issue.
@jbranstetter04 Yes …
@jbranstetter04 Yes that seems to be the only solution these libs can come up with.
Just for your …
Just for your information, government grants and loans for colleges can be used for any college of your choice, and it is perfectly constitutional (they are not favoring one school over another, read your Constitution). The point of this video is that the public school in DC costs over $14,000 per pupil while the private one costs less than half and does a better job at educating. So how do you propose to fix the public schools? Will you throw more money at them?
Private tax money …
Private tax money being used to support religious schools. Sounds unconstitutional to me. Also, tax payer money used for private schooling? Why not just fix the public schools instead? Wouldnt that also be more “fiscally responsible.”?
He said democratic …
He said democratic “VIEWS” not “VALUES” lol
When I was in the …
When I was in the public education system I realized that most of the strain is on the teachers. Teachers get yelled at if too many of their students are failing so they lower the standards for the entire class so everyone can pass. After awhile you get schools that reward students with a “A” for just showing up to class. I say, put the pressure more on the families and give them an opportunity to send their kids to school wherever they want to go. the teacher’s union.
Absolutely agree. …
Absolutely agree. After I came to college and noticed the big difference between the way school works here and the way it worked there I realized that my high school teachers had wasted my time. Didn’t really get much of the politics stuff in high school, but we all have our agendas.
When we end the …
When we end the wars, if we ever do, then that money will have to go towards our annual deficit which is out of control. If this deficit spending is not stopped, then our children will have no future except one of being slaves.
Every kid didn’t get a voucher because it was an experiment; the vouchers were applied for by the parents.
Clarence Thomas is an example of a kid growing up in severe poverty, and yet with hard work and striving to become educated, he is now a Supreme Court Justice.
then fix the system …
then fix the system.
pull out of the war and spend all those millions on education to improve the public school system.
did every single kid get to have a voucher? doubt it.
did every kid in a family get one?
send a poor kid to a fancy school and they still have to live in a poor area and will probably not go to college or get a high paying job. they will be stuck in some poor paying job just trying to keep the family afloat.
only by improving the whole will it work
Wrap your brain …
Wrap your brain around this. It costs $14,000 per pupil to send a kid to a public school (taxpayer money). Instead of sending them to the public school, they are given a voucher of $7,000 to go to a private school of their choice. You got it now? It costs the taxpayer half the money to send kids to private schools. Does this not tell you that our public schools are messed up and that it has nothing to do with the amount of money that they receive?
a voucher that …
a voucher that allows one kid from a poor area access to a high end school, what a shite idea no wonder they binned it.
instead of paying for one kid why not spend the money improving the poorer schools?
scrap the amount of money wasted every year on useless crap and pay for education. or is that to liberal for you?
yeah how dare they …
yeah how dare they preach democratic values… We need to be a fascist state, white christian creationism only!… what the do they think this is a democracy or something?
We could all pick …
We could all pick out grammatical errors in your statement too…..
but this is the internet so “who give a fuck”
Public schools are …
Public schools are an absolute joke. All they do is preach their democratic views and half their teaching. No wonder our test scores are so much lower compared to other countries.