basskisser wrote:


A tax credit is a subsidy? No more so than if you overpay any private
sector entity. It's my money, they are simply giving me back some of
my money.

That's one way to look at it, and in many cases it's correct. But in this particular case it's wrong
(explanation below).


If you paid your car insurance, and after you sent the
payment in, the premium went down, so they send a portion of that back
to you, would you then say that the insurance company is subsidising
your next road trip?

That depends on whether or not other motorists paying the same rate, in the same risk pool, to the same company,
did *not* get a refund. Which is exactly the case with public schools.

All citizens have certain obligations to their community... unless you want to live in a community of dunces,
with a decreased standard of living, then you are obligated to provide some support for the education of all
citizens... wether you have kids or not, wether you are paying private school tuition or not.

A tax voucher for private school tuition is a clever method to dodge civic duty... ironically, it's being touted
by the party who claims to have a higher sense of duty, accountability, responsibility, and overall morality. Go
figure!

Regards
Doug King