> Website: http://mark.personalchoice.org

> Personally I do not see how giving away tax money to individuals will
> enhance school funding. A loss of funds is a loss of funds, period. The
> Voucher People are using faulty logic to explain their beliefs on this
> issue. School funding issues are often explained by simplifying it to a
> per pupil spending amount. This does not mean that that amount is
> actually spent on each individual child. Almost all of the money goes
> toward buildings, grounds, salaries, utilities and other general
> factors, it is not collected or spent on a per pupil basis. The Voucher
> People think that since we account for the money on a per pupil basis
> that they should get the major chunk of that money if they take their
> kid out of a school. To give an individual a voucher for $2000 to $2500
> is nonsensical because: 1. It takes that amount from the school
> district or school budget for buildings, grounds, salaries, utilities
> and other general factors, thus seriously hurting the public school
> system. 2. The amount actually spent on each individual student is very
> small, significantly smaller than the proposed voucher amounts.