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Kasz216 on 06 June 2011
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Rath said:
Kasz216 said:
 

Which Ron Paul isn't for either.

http://www.ronpaul.com/on-the-issues/education/

What Ron paul IS for is getting rid of the US Department of Education and giving poor people more choice in choosing their schools via vouchers.

The problem right now is that a lot of time only the richer kids can afford better private schools... since anyone who chooses a private school has to pay BOTH the public school tax and the private school tuition fee.

You may not be familiar with this being for NZ, but Government run Education is done on the state level.

All the US Department of Education does, is come up with arbitrary rules for the entire country to follow in which to get funding.

Same thing with the private/public school happens in New Zealand. However our government funded state schools are actually pretty damned good here meaning that getting a private education isn't a huge advantage.

Also isn't that voucher system essentially a tax break on the rich people who currently send their kids to a private school?

Nope.  A voucher system is essentially a coupon for private schools, you give them the voucher and it either covers tuition or most tuition.

Will the rich get money off too in a national system.  However so will the poor.

In fact the poor who use private schools benefit more, because they pay less in school taxes... and the voucher is an across the board even amount.

If you don't own your home and don't play the lottery in a lot of cases you might not be paying anything for education in the first place outside of school supplies.

Either way it's not really a tax break since your actually handed the money and it can go only towards school.

As it is... there are some voucher systems in the US specifically targeted towards the poor.