NOYB wrote:

5) Disallow tax breaks for those attending private school


... For instance, if $5000 of my money goes to
education via taxes, then I'm being forced by the government to pay for my
kids to go to public school. That's socialism.

As usual, you have completely the wrong point of view. You totally forget that
your neighbor, who may not have kids, is paying the same amount as you to
support the public schools. So, you're just flat-out wrong... you are not "being
forced by the government to pay for your kids to go to public school." You are
paying for a level of public education, which goes to support the industrialized
high-tech community in which you live (persumably by choice, you could always go
live in a cave).


If I send 'em to private
school, I should be able to at least deduct the cost of the private school
from taxes...

Why should your neighbor with no kids, or grown kids, be forced to subsidize
sending your kids to private school? The whole issue of vouchers is one of
selfishness & stupidity. While I can understand the libertarian point of view,
which is to say that taxation for public schools is equal to theft, it is not
logical and denies the duty of the individual to support his community.

DSK