Letter: Scholarship program is a good one

Who is she? Well...since you seem to be too lazy, or don't know how, to look it up (in 5 seconds)...she works here:

https://www.ij.org/

"She states the state pays "an average of $12,959" to educate one child. Oh? And how does someone from Arlington VA know this?"

Similarly, this one took a bit longer...about an agonizingly-long minute...to find, but it's in the XLS file linked, from the Kansas Department of Education for the 2013/2014 school year (the last year they have available). The 'total' (averaged out over the entire state, in case you have trouble comprehending it), is listed at the bottom.

That number is $12,959. Look familiar? I dunno. Maybe the Dept. of Ed is lying?

"How does she know what the private schools charge?"

She doesn't have to know. And, what business is it of yours, anyway? Not YOUR personal money, OR tax dollars going to them. Why do you care?

"She just says the state will give a parent a $8,000.00 voucher. Does that cover the total tuition? Does that cover the cost of books and other supplies?"

Again, why do you care? It doesn't involve any of YOUR money.

It's 'tax credits'. That is completely different than 'taxpayer money'. Here, I'll dumb it down, so you'll understand.

A 'credit' is money that doesn't come into the sticky-fingers of government, in the first place. That simply means that the private school saves paying $8000 tax to the state, to 'properly' educate that child.

How does that save taxpayer money? For the clueless and the simple-math challenged, here's how:

If the taxpayers pay $12,959 for each child (averaged out over the entire state), but the child is enrolled, instead, in the private school, the taxpayers don't have to pay THAT $12,959, but don't receive $8000 from that private school. $12,959 - $8000 = $4959...about $5000 savings to the taxpayers.

See how simple simple-math can be?!

"Will what the state give private schools cover benefits for the administrators, teachers and support staff?"

No. It's NOT 'taxpayer money', and it's a 'private school'. You don't need to worry about their benefits and costs. It's not YOUR money, nor is it 'taxpayer money'. Their business is none of your business.

"Most of all why does Ms. Smith have an iron in this fire? How did she learn about Kansas' voucher issue?"

Who cares? That's what they do. they look around to find injustices perpetuated by big-government onto individuals, families and children, nationwide. Kinda like the other side of the coin of your beloved ACLU, except these folks believe in less government intrusion and control, unlike the ACLU, who mainly believes in more liberal-government control.

" In other words she is a lair." Well, I assume you don't mean she's a resting place (and she probably has never been to Golden Cornell), but she definitely isn't just making up numbers.

Had you taken just a TINY bit of time to do some of this research, yourself, you'd have answered all your own off-kilter questions before you pounded your keyboard into submission with that response, and may not have looked so uninformed (and math-challenged).

Finally, Patty: "This is what critical thinking looks like."

Critical? Definitely (as liberals always are when they attack anything even 1 millimeter right of the most extreme left).

Thinking?

Not so much.

By the way. Liberals are always squawking about 'over-crowded classrooms', 'inadequate space in schools', 'not enough teachers', etc., and always reaching into the taxpayers' pockets for more, more, more.

Seems like you'd all be more than happy to reduce the 'overcrowding'...WHILE saving the taxpayers' money. Maybe more could be used for the kids and staff who remain, and better results would be possible?

But...naw.

That's not what this is REALLY all about, huh? "Better education"? Nope. Not with liberals and NICOLI (National Indoctrination Centers Of Liberal Ideology).

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