School Vouchers: Should people who hire private security get police tax

[NAO]

credit?

School Vouchers, where people can send their children (or even other people's children) to private schools, including religious schools, and then receive a tax credit equal to the amount of tax they pay to support public education is becoming very popular and is being strongly pushed by the religious right. This is a horrible idea, and it is undercutting the quality of public education.

One way to help people "get it" is to use an analogy with another state-provided public service where it it also possible to hire a private service. All our tax dollars support police protection, just like all our tax dollars support public education. Now if I hire a private security guard, should I then receive a tax credit equal to the amount of my taxes that would go to pay for public police protection?

Imagine if that were true. The rich would hire private security guards and public police protection would go way down in quality. And that is exactly what is happening with private school vouchers.

[DURHAM D]

1. Because I don't use the public library - should I be able to

write off the books I buy, the magazines I subscribe to and internet access fees from my property taxes ?

[thoughtanarchist]

2. I want the defense credit!

I'll defend my own 5 mile radius of america!

Refund my portion of the defense budget!

$$ Ka-chING! $$

[NAO]

3. That would be ONE HELL of a voucher!

[Name removed]

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