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| Republicans are proposing a federal voucher program, where your federal tax dollars could go to pay for someone else's kid to go to a private religious school. Sure, that might seem like a violation of church and state to you, but when Republicans invoke the magic words, 'school choice,' that tiny constitutional problem is just supposed to disappear. Lots of conservatives love voucher programs. Not just because it means that tax dollars get funneled to Christian schools, but also because voucher programs hurt public schools. They drain critical funding from the public system, a problem that is particularly acute in rural communities where public schools rely heavily on state funding. That's why even some conservatives don't back vouchers. |
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