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To: bentway who wrote (245880)

2/28/2014 5:58:20 PM

From: Bread Upon The Water

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To me, it's a simple matter of race mixing the kids, so they can understand that black, Hispanic, poor and other kids are just like them, no matter how racist their parents. I think vouchers for private schools are an end-around for racists to segregated schools.

I don't want my taxes going for vouchers. You want to send your kid to a white private school? Fine, YOU pay for it. Make racism EXPENSIVE.

Yes, that more or less is the argument of the federal government in Louisiana--although a lot the schools subject to the lawsuit have historically been under the supervision of the Federal Courts since the passage of the civil rights act. This makes it easier for the government to intervene.

This is a very volatile issue and one that more and more courts will be taking up on a case by case basis as different state plans are being sued on differing legal bases.

Paying for private school means poorer students will be excluded from them. What is the alternative plan the Democrats can sell to the electorate to insure they get a good education?