This is a continuation of the Myths from the Opposition series.
- Utah’s Referendum 1: 5 articles you don’t want to miss reading
- Referendum 1 for Utah? What are the REAL facts?
- Utah Vouchers: Myths from the opposition
- Myth No. 2: Vouchers will divert money from schools
Myth No. 3: Public Education Money Belongs to Public Schools
Fact: Public education money (money for educating the public) does not belong to public schools; it belongs to the public, and public officials appropriate it on behalf of the public. In Utah those officials have set aside $3.5 billion of that money (taxes) to go to schools that are “free” to the public. They are especially free if you are renting and don’t own property because those tax dollars for education are tied to property ownership.
At the end of the day, this is all just more proof that teachers are lying when they go on television and tell you vouchers take money from public schools. Vouchers come from the general budget and do not have anything to do with the tax dollars that are budgeted to public schools.
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I recall when segregation was ended because of the lack of credibility in the “separate but equal” schools for children of different races. I now believe the same discrimination exists, but in a somewhat different fashion.
Now, in Washington D.C, $13.000+ per student is spent on public education(http://www.epodunk.com/top10/per_pupil/index.html).
In my lowly state of Alabama, about $6,000 is spent. This is discrimination of the highest order, that my children are discriminated against to the tune of about $6,000+ per year, compared to the poor illiterates in Washington who get the money, and seem to do little with it.
This is separate but NOT EQUAL, and I am tired of getting the short end of the stick with my education taxed dollars. I am sick of federal control, however discriminatory it is, and I am tired of my children being screwed by the Federal Department of Education. I DEMAND THAT PUBLIC MONEY BE DIVIDED EQUALLY, WITHOUT PREJUDICE.
This only serves proof that the Feds are still fighting the civil war, and we are still on the losing end.
I hate government.
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