that is one of Ezra Friedlander’s big, BIG inconsistencies. On the one hand, he doesn’t want an audit or review in any way of the yeshivas out of fear that they will be dictated to by the government- on the other hand, he wants some kind of free, no-strings-attached handout gift-wrapped and handed over from that same government. That’s simply not how life works and, to be honest, it’s better that way.
There is no need for government socialized education. Let government get out of the education business and allow the private sector to operate schools. Government has proven itself a failure in education. Public school students are far behind not only private school students but far behind international educational benchmarks.
And we have every right to expect government funding of our children so long as we are subjected to taxation that finances schooling.