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School Choice aka Vouchers aka State Control part 2

Second on our school choice/ vouchers program.

Today, we related what Alex Newman exposed: that the United Nations promotes the use of taxpayer money in order to control education. Home schooling is out from under government control — at least in Texas.  To counteract that, the plan, according to Newman, Iserbyt and others, is to lure people into accepting government money.  Self-interest, right?

But then under the reasonable claim of need for accountability, the government will want to surveil and then control home education.

People say “we should get our money back.”  Yes, it would be great if the whole pie were divided by number of children and each respective set of parents could use that money as they saw fit. No one is contemplating that. Instead, out of a big budget, of say $10K per child, they will “give back” something like $1K (helpful maybe but not enough for public school). Who keeps the $9K?

You may get the exact words of Newman and others by using the signup form to the right. Get the whole book Shekels to Shackles. Next, another state’s experience with ESA savings accounts.

School Choice: A Reasoned Approach: Diane Douglas, Dr. Marlene McMillan, Dr. Douglas Pietersma

School Choice, or really vouchers of government money to private education is a hot topic.  Everyone is reacting emotionally. Here are 3 reasoned approaches.

Diane Douglas  relates the experience of Arizona’s ESA (Educational Savings Accounts.)  Oh, that sounds great, doesn’t it? Who could be against that? Well, here what happened in Arizona. It didn’t work out for freedom. We will give a review and a taste, but why don’t you get what all she said?  I am seeing people people here in Texas post about ESA ;  seems deceptive to me.

Dr. Marlene McMillan, famed for arguing for liberty and principled thinking outlines the 15 premises that are used in the argument for school vouchers, and what the result will be. She says control must follow the money. Clear. Again, while I will read some of what I think are highlights, please get the document to read and study.

www.WhyLibertyMatters.com

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Dr. Douglas Piertsma, a former USAF Intelligence Officer,  has a clearly entitled chapter : Don’t take the cheese.” He says he fully understands the hope that dollars will follow the child, but dollars that follow a child are still dollars controlled by a system that is not religiously neutral, but specifically humanist or anti-Christian. Rats die because they don’t understand why the cheese is free.

Now working in the homeschool arena.

Given what I am seeing on social media, the Democrats and leftists are arguing against the bills because they don’t think that government money should be given to private or religious initiatives. So, if both right and left are against this..and for the same reason… who is pushing it? Whatcha wanna bet that money with strings will be styled as the compromise between the two groups?

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Diane Douglas. @_DianeDouglas. AZ Superintendent of Public Instruction. Greater Phoenix AZ DianeDouglas.com Joined October 2013.