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In article <1993Jan20.145111.27001@digi.lonestar.org> mharriso@digi.lonestar.org (Mark Harrison) writes:
>>The poor are shut out.  The private schools are generally not
>>located very close to slum areas (where the poor live).
>>
>>	And you are ignoring the fact that a lot of these private schools
>>already have a waiting list to get in.
>
>You are not taking into account the fact that the voucher system will
>allow (and encourage) private schools to start in places where it is
>not feasible for them to start currently.

And you are not taking into account the fact that this will certainly
not happen immediately, if it happens at al.  And if it does happen,
it probably will not happen to the degree necessary to allow all those
folks in slum areas to attend, and it will almost certainly be a worse
education than they are currently getting unless you have some plan
for the voucher to be for a relatively large amount.  So, what happens
to those who are trapped for several years in a public school system
which is deteriorating at an exponential rate because we are bleeding
money out of it to allow middle and upper class students to go to
their nice private schools on public monies?

Note that this also kicks all the tax rebate voucher plans in the
head, since poor people typically don't have enough property taxes to
make this a net win -- which means that such plans are even worse for
the poor than straight voucher plans.

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