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>By all State / National / International comparative achievement tests
performed over the past 30 years.
>>>>>>Which ones? Be specific or we may justifiably assume that you are making
>>>>>>it up.
I am not going to reinvent the wheel. These are basic facts well known
to anyone who does even a cursory review.
>Again you make no sense. For every kid no longer attending Govt School
LESS public money is spent.
>>>>>That’s exactly what I said. Each school gets its allotment of funds
>>>>>based on the number of students enrolled. Every time one leaves, the
>>>>>school gets less money.
Try and understand this. If there is a finite amount of public funds available for
public schools and a substantial proportion of kids leave Govt Schools to attend
private schools at less per pupil cost.....then there is more money available for those
who remain in Govt Schools.
>Obviously if it costs $10,000 taxpayer dollars to pay for one kid for
one year of Govt School...
>>>>>>Doe it? Or did you make that figure up?
In 1998 Wash. DC spent $10,000 per pupil. The amount is similiar in
most major urban areas. NYC spends about $9000.
>>>>>And what do you mean by “Govt”? Do you mean federal, local or a
>>>>>combination? This is crucial, because without federal money, kids in
>>>>>poor school districts are condemned to an education inferior to kids in
>>>>>rich school districts. Is that what you are proposing?
"Govt Schools" are non private schools. Schools supported by taxpayer funds.
You obviously have no knowledge about the funding of Govt Schools.
90% is State and Local funded. Most of the direct costs are based on the
local property tax.
>If the kid costing the public $10,000 per year to attend Govt School
gets a $5000 voucher to attend a private school of his/her choice -
>>>>>And if pigs had wings, they fly. When, where and by whom has that figure
>>>>>been proposed? Be specific.
The recent voucher initiative in Calif. mandated $4000 per pupil per voucher
per year. In any event, the best voucher system would allocate at least 60%
amount per pupil that Govt Schools allocate.
>Then it saves the taxpayers $5000. (This is simple math - easy to
understand - unless you attended Govt School).
>>>>Which taxes are you talking about, local, federal or a combination
>>>>thereof? Be specific.
I am not speaking to "taxes." I am speaking to costs per student.
>>>>>Are you factoring in the loss of tax money incurred when even more
>>>>>poorly educated citizens find themselves able to earn even less taxable
>>>>>income? You should, because that’s what is going to happen if even more
>>>>>money is withdrawn from “failing” schools. It makes about as much sense
>>>>>as the long discredited medical practice of bleeding a sick person to
>>>>>make them well, and is based on precisely the same principles, ignorance
>>>>and stupidity.
Again you make no sense. Under a voucher system, no money is "withdrawn" from
public schools on a net /net basis. Less kids with more money proportionately allocated
means more money in the aggregate.
>>>>Are you also factoring in the cost to the taxpayers of warehousing
>>>>people in prison when they turn to crime because they didn’t get a good
>>>>enough education to make a decent honest living.
More irrationality. One reason there are so many millions doing time is because
of the failure of Govt Schools - not because of some yet to be devised voucher
plan.
>>>For someone who claims to be educated, you certainly are making a
>>>simplistic analysis. What’s the matter, didn't anybody ever teach you
>>>how to think things through?
I let this comment speak for itself.
flw
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