The article by Ralph Martire on Invest in Kids has two serious flaws. First, it is more general philosophy, rather than what is the best policy for Illinois today. Second, it fails to deal with some critical facts.
While Martire suggests that this program is diverting funds from the public school system to the private school system, in reality, almost exactly the opposite is true. Parents who send their children to private schools pay all the taxes that support the public school system, just as the parents who send their kids to public schools do but, in addition, pay additional monies to help fund the private school system.
