In addition to the points about private and religious schools'
elitism, racism , obscurantism taught etc. which are in the main
superstructural
aspects in any class divided society. Other horrors are wrapped up in
schools for profit vouchers..
And here too -- "It's the economy stupid!!" There
> An obvious problem with Reich's proposal, which he
> blithely overlooks, is that rich suburbs would not take
> the vouchers. Massachusetts (where Reich lives)
> already has in place a system which allows students
> in poorly funded districts to transfer to another
> district. The town where t
Yes, Reich has flunked political economy 101. He has been seduced by the
delusion of "choice" when we already have much evidence how the notion of
choice plays out among poor people. Residents of the inner city use welfare
dollars to obtain housing, and get slums; they have medicaid, and uniformly
An obvious problem with Reich's proposal, which he
blithely overlooks, is that rich suburbs would not take
the vouchers. Massachusetts (where Reich lives)
already has in place a system which allows students
in poorly funded districts to transfer to another
district. The town where the transferi
My sense of Reich is that he is genuinely egalitarian and regrets that
markets generate inequality, but other than that he likes how markets
operate and, in particular, believes them to be creative and efficient.
So the position he stakes out in the WSJ is not surprising. I agree
with Michael and
Also, Jim, to have put the piece in the WSJ gives enormous liberal cover
to the voucher crew.
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Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929
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Reich's article is hardly coherent; it pushes me toward agreeing with the
various nasty things that Krugman says about him. The kind of voucher
program most likely to pass through the Halls of Congress and to be okayed
by Prez. Bore or Gush is not the kind of progressive voucher program he
fav
Jim D. asked what Reich actually said. Here it is.
Wall Street Journal - September 6, 2000
Commentary
The Case for
'Progressive' Vouchers
By Robert B. Reich. Mr. Reich, former secretary of labor, is
professor of social and economic policy at Brandeis University. His
next book, "The Future of S
what's his take on this issue?
At 08:58 PM 9/6/00 -0700, you wrote:
>I see that Robert Reich is saying that vouchers work on the editorial
>page of the WSJ.
>
>--
>Michael Perelman
>Economics Department
>California State University
>Chico, CA 95929
>
>Tel. 530-898-5321
>E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I see that Robert Reich is saying that vouchers work on the editorial
page of the WSJ.
Michael Perelman
WSJ is issuing vouchers now (place smiley mark here)? Michael Hoover
He may be right. They work on the editorial pages of the WSJ. However, they
don't work anywhere else.
CHeers, Ken Hanly
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I see that Robert Reich is saying that vouchers work on the editorial
page of the WSJ.
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California State University
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