And I can't believe that conservatives support a welfare education program, which is exactly what the voucher system is. I listen to right wingers on this site complain about people who don't actually pay anything in taxes getting a refund because of the child tax credit but you have NO PROBLEM with people getting more money out of the system than they paid into it. Then you all whine about Chelsea getting to go to Sidwell and why can't OUR kids go there. They can't because you can't afford it and even with vouchers most of you would not be able to send your kids there. Kids would also be better off if they all were transported around by safer vehicles so can I have a Mercedes voucher so I can transport my kids in a safer car? Also, if you don't mind, rich kids seem to eat better so can I have a caviar and filet mignon voucher? I know ad absurdium. But Vouchers are a welfare program aimed primarily at funding religious schools with public money.
Also it sticks kids that live in isolated rural areas with no where to go other than the schools that are in their community. You live in the west, hell you live in Colorado. Where are kids in isolated Colorado mountain towns going to go to school other than their own broken schools. Especially in the winter. Are kids in Silverton and Uray gonna be able to go to better schools in Durango? Hell now. So they get stuck too.
Vouchers were an attempt to reward the religious right that put the republicans in power so that they could fund all their fundie schools and teach kids the earth is 6000 years old. The enlightenment was officially ended then.