Why are vouchers such a scam?

[QED]

Here is a piece explaining why vouchers only benefit the wealthy.

Montini: 'So, moron, why shouldn't I get a school voucher?' OK, I'll tell you

"...really good private schools are expensive. For example, Gov. Ducey sent his boys to Brophy College Preparatory. If Lesko’s bill passes any parent can get $5,000 in taxpayer money to send a kid there. Except Brophy (like most really good private schools) will set you back $15,000 a year or more. So unless you can afford the extra 10 grand per year, the voucher is worthless.

However, if you are already wealthy enough to afford such a school, the state will give you $5,000 that you don’t need.

That’s not choice. It’s a scam.

http://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/ej-montini/2017/02/10/montini-vouchers-arizona-legislature-empowerment-scholarship-accounts-debbie-lesko/97746516/

cross posted in Education

[HockeyMom]

1. In NY they average about $30,000

As in like College Tuition? Damn, that $5,000 won't even pay for Parochial School in the NE.

[procon]

2. When you think of all the tax money being diverted to these for-profit ripoffs

remember all the services that are provided by your public school system. I don't live in a large city, and people here are mostly lower middle class, but the schools really offer a wide array of programs that help kids... free of charge. There are a lot of health related programs that test for vision, hearing and speech, growth and nutrition, even vaccine referrals and wellness checks. There are remedial programs, tutors if your kid is too sick to get to school, and advanced programs for the wicked smart kids. There's all kinds of school sponsored clubs from math, chess, FFA, music and art, creative writing, robotics... lots of choices. There's help for special needs kids, transportation, and libraries.

But the scammers are taking away the funding schools need to operate these services that are available to all the kids, and pocketing it to benefit the few students they have enrolled.

[keithbvadu2]

3. If the voucher is supposed to represent the public school cost for the student, the voucher school s

If the voucher is supposed to represent the public school cost for the student, the voucher school should accept it as full tuition with no extra payment from the parents.