CharlieHall –
I appreciate your response. I agree that Milton Friedman didn’t initiate the actual idea, as he said himself, however, he was one of the main individuals, and especially one of the more well known individuals supporting it. You have provided me with some quality information. I have recently become a major advocate of the idea, which has been partially initiated in different situations. The one I heard of was in DC.
This issue is a much broader issue then simply the Yeshiva-Religious world, it goes way beyond that scope. It deals with minorities as well.
Tax cuts and a voucher system are no contradiction. Milton Friedman was a proponent of the system and definitely advocates lower taxes and smaller government. They actually are quite compatible.
artchill
If and when I have more time, I really think I could convince you. I would suggest doing some additional research on the issue. You can look up Milton Friedman, Thomas Sowell, and Walter E. Williams at YouTube, or read their books.
Public education has and will constanntly fail, just like all other goverment programs.
I can tell you from my personal experiences in Eretz Yisroel, where religious schools get funding, why even there, there should be a voucher system.
Case in point. I started a school for children with learning disabilities, and other factors, which made a school system the best option. I applied for government funding, went through all of the legal channels, and all the beucratic nonsense as well. 1.5 meters height of oil based paint on the walls, etc. In the end, the money never arrived, all the salaries except mine, were paid out of my pockect app. 50K+ of debts, but that was the least of the problems. The children who left the school, most of which were almost ready to be mainstreamed back into the regular system got lost. One child who I see regularly now, an adult, who was a genious. Learning Gemara with Rishonim at the age of seven, but had some minor issues, that needed work, eventually had a full break down, based upon what he told me, to the point he was hospitalized. Most of the rest have suffered tremendously, but honestly who cares. Professor Friedman has a video of a school set up in store front in Harlem. I highly recommend watching it.