This is another debate topic, and I'm having trouble coming up with arguments. I'd appreciate your opinions.
2007-11-25 05:54:35 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
No. Public education is one of the cornerstones of our democracy and always has been.
Private schooled children are generally surrounded by children who share their religion, their ethnicity, or their financial standing.
Public schools reflect the overall community for better or worse as the case may be in that community.
Private education is a force for division in this country as indeed it always has been.
2007-11-25 06:26:10 · answer #1 · answered by KERMIT M 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋
If society is going to benefit from the education a person has received for the 30 plus years that person will be working? Why not give the parents a tax deduction for part of the cost? The Educational System in the Public Schools leaves alot to be desired in several areas. One of the BIG Problems is that some Parents that want the Public Schools to raise their children, and that's not fair to the other Children that want to learn. Respect, consequences for our actions, and Personal Responsibility also seems to be lacking in the Public Schools.
2007-11-25 06:14:48 · answer #2 · answered by Johnny Reb 5 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Nope. And your poor public school system is so underfunded now that it will not be able to recover from the hit if that happens. It will be one more step into making America into a place where the rich have everything and the rest have nothing. Pretty soon you will be building big statues of Bush while the majority starve.
Now all the rich little white kids get to go to private school away from minorities and kids of other religions besides Christian. Or to a public school in their rich little neighbourhoods that has all the latest technology and equipment. They grow up with all the advantages of being rich and well educated, with their parents complaining that it isn't enough and saying that minorities are stupid and lazy and thats why they can't get decent jobs, while the kids in the poor neighbourhoods get the leftover crap and crummy buildings and teachers, plus the fact that their neighbourhoods are war zones. Now the rich people want to take their tax dollars out of the public school system, which under the Bush Administration has suffered huge losses in its budget. So the long term results will be even more poor and uneducated citizens and more money for the rich. It doesn't make sense for the future but nothing the Repubs do does make much sense. They are in it for all they can get and they want it NOW!!
2007-11-25 06:25:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋
Hmm...In theory, yes because they are paying for public schools, but the people that go to private schools have much money and many public schools are in sore need of funds.
For me, the vast majority of private schools are religiously affiliated, and well, I'm not exactly what anybody would call religious.
But I go to an Early College, so I don't have a lot of the problems that most other public schools have.
2007-11-25 06:08:01 · answer #4 · answered by Mitchell 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
SURE if you think it ok for every family to put their kids in a private religious schools, and claim they are home schooling their children.
But as far as I'm concerned, I'll take the conservative road on this one....paying taxes to support something that doesn't benefit them, in this case is their own choice by choosing to home school theri children!
Afterall, isn't these types that claim it is the choice of the poor to be poor?
2007-11-25 08:14:16 · answer #5 · answered by Boss H 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think not. I almost said yes since they are not using the public school system and using the money they pay for it with in property taxes. BUT what about all of the elderly and people without children that do not use the public school system either, they need tax breaks too. Plus many private schools are Religious schools, what would the liberals be screaming then??
2007-11-25 06:03:25 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋
I don't think that tax benefits paid to the people home schooling their children is nearly enough of an incentive unless it is large enough to replace a full time income.
The money that would be spent by the school district and the state and federal money that, for the present, is simply not paid into these same school districts for home schooled students, should find it's way into the bank accounts of those who home school their children.
Parents who wish to home school their children should have to pass the same test that our teachers have to take and pass before they can take advantage of this though.
2007-11-25 06:30:41 · answer #7 · answered by Victor S 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
No. You have no choice where your tax dollars are spent and the majority of Americans probably haven't the slightest clue as to what tax they pay goes to fund schools. If you want to pay for private school for your children you are free to do so, however do not expect a handout from the government for doing so. If you have a problem with how the school system is run in the US move.
2007-11-25 06:20:23 · answer #8 · answered by Stephanie is awesome!! 7 · 1⤊ 4⤋
No more so than they should give tax benefits to people who choose to use ANY private service that is also available from the government. Government funding should be used to bolster and improve government funded services, not to discourage their use. If a person chooses to go the "private" route they should pay for it.
2007-11-25 06:04:55 · answer #9 · answered by golfer7 5 · 3⤊ 3⤋
No. This is just another scheme to subsidize the rich.
If you can afford to send your kid to private school, then you don't need a tax break.
If not, send them to public schools. If we make it so only the poorest of the poor are in public schools, that's the death knell to free education.
2007-11-25 07:26:11 · answer #10 · answered by tehabwa 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋