Re: Vouchers lost in court, deserve no new chance

buckeye wrote:
> Peter Franks <none@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> :|
>> :|Yes, but they still have the obligation to pay for public education,
right?
>> :|
>> :|Rather than vouchers, perhaps the option should be given to parents
that 
>> :|choose to send their children to alternate schools should be given
the 
>> :|option to deduct the full amount of the tuition from their agi, as
well 
>> :|as be exempt from taxes relating to public education.
>> :|
>> :|Problem solved.
> 
> 
> A New Look At Vouchers.
> ...
> [**] Whether people should be forced to contribute money for
collectivist
> social institutions or not is a separate issue altogether. As long as
> the system exists, for better or worse, everyone has to be treated
equally.

No, it is not a separate issue altogether.  It is actually THE source of 
the issue -- does the purpose(s) of legitimate government include social 
program creation and management?