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   From: anarcissie@gmail.com   
      
   On Wed, 20 Mar 2013 01:38:41 -0500, Dänk 42Ø wrote:   
      
   > Why school vouchers are not a conservative idea By Dänk 42Ø 20 Mar 2013   
   >   
   > Along with "tax cuts," "vouchers" is another term floating around in the   
   > sewage that passes for Republican ideology.  All public services should   
   > be privatized, with the taxes paid for them refunded in the form of   
   > vouchers, so that people can choose from a number of private competitors   
   > rather than being forced to consume the service from a public monopoly,   
   > with the idea being that competition will improve the quality of the   
   > service.   
   >   
   > This idea sounds good enough in theory, except that it is not a true   
   > "conservative" idea.  The true conservative position is that parents   
   > should be responsible for raising their children, which includes   
   > providing for their food, clothing, and education. ...   
      
      
   Depends what you mean by 'conservatism'.  Government-instituted   
   free compulsory primary education has been around since mid-19th   
   century Prussia, at least.  The ruling classes of other states   
   were soon impressed by the convenience of having pre-indoctrinated   
   working- and peasant-class people who could at least read their   
   weapons manuals.  Do you seriously think they're going to give   
   that up now?  Overturning what has been standard-issue state   
   practice in the West for a century and a half hardly seems to be   
   a _conservative_ proposal for any meaning of the word.   
      
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