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Friday, February 02, 2007Vouchers, 38 to 37
Vouchers passed in the House of Representatives this afternoon.
Read Majority Leader Dave Clark's pre-debate thoughts at the House Majority Site. (Nice site, by the way. Looks oddly familiar.) Bookies in Wendover are saying the same bill will get 20 votes in the Senate.
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6 Comments:
I feel obligated to report this entry to Rep. Sandstrom, because the mere mention of bookies caused me to rush out and gamble away my life savings. On the other hand, though, betting on this issue wouldn't really be gambling, would it?
Anyone who opposes this bill obviously has never read it. It is so innocuous that it isn't even funny. No education dollars are touched and parents are given an option to get their kids the best education possible. I'll bet 21 votes come out of the Senate. Anyone want to take that bet?
Seems a little counterintuitive to reward underperforming schools with more money, yet that's just what this bill does. The point of choice is to introduce a market into the educational system. This bill doesn't achieve that.
But it steps toward that. I'll take it.
The KCPW story is worth a listen: http://www.kcpw.org/article/2849.
Thanks Rep. Last for the human voice.
There are many things that don't make sense about this bill. Why are supporters of both vouchers and the repeal of the in-state tuition bill not willing to get sued for giving a break to undocumented students but willing to get sued for vouchers? Oh yeah, and the abortion bill too? Don't forget the gay clubs obstructionist bill and the religious freedom one. We don't have enough work for lawyers in Utah?
If voucher proponents say they love public education, why do they say public ed is a failed system? Why has Politicians for Carpetbaggers in Education (PCE) dropped enormous sums of money to pass a voucher bill in Utah? Is it a coincidence or is it because we are a bunch of right wing saps?
Do we follow Milton Friedman's call to implement vouchers as the first step toward privatizing education? Is it because we want a piece of the pie of certain Utah businessmen who are willing to do whatever it takes to get access to never ending tax money through private educational management organizations?
Utah became a great state and opened up the West by people working for the common good. What happened? Vouchers are not a good plan for sustaining and improving our children's education; they will funnel public funds to private business and to more than your neighborhood church school. Go ahead and bust the unions just don't use our children to do it.
Yes, I'm very bitter about 38-37. C'mon Senate don't let HB 148 pass. Please listen to your people.
Utah Valley may be excused, we understand.
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