First, I’m amazed no one else has commented here yet.

Next, while I’m sure we’re in agreement on the points I’m about to raise, since you didn’t include them in your column I’ll do so now.

Would replacing public schools with a blanket voucher system lead to widespread, dramatic improvement in education in America? Most likely.

However, the problem remains that the same government which has resisted heavily the trend toward private, charter, and home schooling and perpetuates the compulsory component of education in our country is the same government which enjoys the prerogative to set the criteria of accreditation for elementary and secondary schools as well as home schooling programs.

As long as that condition is in effect the door remains wide open for government to execute an end-around of any effort to fully privatize education. It would be done by transitioning the U.S. Department of Education into a regulatory agency. With a little legislation and a lot of steadily mounting body of regulation, any gang in Washington, D.C., could weigh-down the private institutions of learning — in the same manner that has been done to health care over the decades — until the perceived problem becomes a political boogie man in the arena of public discussion.

And the public hysteria and furor gets whipped-up just in time for some enterprising, young Progressive politician to promote a “solution” contained in a 2,000+ page stack of legislation.

Even if public opinion were to lean overwhelmingly toward a universal voucher system, the same government/dictatorial Dept. of Ed would likely be granted the authority to place any number of conditions on the money represented by those vouchers before access to all of it can be enjoyed by the school chosen by the parents of a given student.

Would a universal education voucher program have the potential to open the door for tremendous improvements in learning opportunities? Yes.

Would the potential for hyjinx by crafty federal politicians go away? Only if the vouchers coincide with the complete elimination of the U.S. Dept. of Education.

First, I’m amazed no one else has commented here yet.

Next, while I’m sure we’re in agreement on the points I’m about to raise, since you didn’t include them in your column I’ll do so now.

Would replacing public schools with a blanket voucher system lead to widespread, dramatic improvement in education in America? Most likely.

However, the problem remains that the same government which has resisted heavily the trend toward private, charter, and home schooling and perpetuates the compulsory component of education in our country is the same government which enjoys the prerogative to set the criteria of accreditation for elementary and secondary schools as well as home schooling programs.

As long as that condition is in effect the door remains wide open for government to execute an end-around of any effort to fully privatize education. It would be done by transitioning the U.S. Department of Education into a regulatory agency. With a little legislation and a lot of steadily mounting body of regulation, any gang in Washington, D.C., could weigh-down the private institutions of learning — in the same manner that has been done to health care over the decades — until the perceived problem becomes a political boogie man in the arena of public discussion.

And the public hysteria and furor gets whipped-up just in time for some enterprising, young Progressive politician to promote a “solution” contained in a 2,000+ page stack of legislation.

Even if public opinion were to lean overwhelmingly toward a universal voucher system, the same government/dictatorial Dept. of Ed would likely be granted the authority to place any number of conditions on the money represented by those vouchers before access to all of can be enjoyed by the school chosen by the parents of a given student.

Would a universal education voucher program have the potential to open the door for tremendous improvements in learning opportunities? Yes.

Would the potential for hyjinx by crafty federal politicians go away? Only if the vouchers coincide with the complete elimination of the U.S. Dept. of Education.

By the logic in this animation, shouldn’t companies move to a country like Germany where CEO pay is much lower?

*** Also, minimum wage is not $9.00 – it’s $7.25. If the people who made this video had their way it would still be $5.15. Or maybe as in Guatemala just .99!