These are the guys who bitch about giving people handouts to make them dependent. But when the Gov. writes checks for school tuition, everybody in the private school system (largely conservatives) lines up for money.

What hypocrites.

my first thought was that even if I was the type to put high value on private schooling, I couldn't imagine investing in private education if my income was that low.

my second was that highly religious people may place a much higher value on a parochial education than I would.

third, regardless of the goods or services being discussed, if I was currently paying for those goods/services and a new gov't program came along offering support for which I was eligible, I'd be among the first to sign up --> I don't think the 75% number is surprising.

last, what we don't have data on is how many of those families are receiving other help to send their kids to private schools.

students formerly on need-based private scholarships are now being underwritten by the taxpayers.

The rich get richer.

Twice in those years voter initiatives were floated for vouchers we could use to send our children to a school of our choice.

I opposed both.

I could have used the money, to be sure, but it was my choice to not send my children to public school. It was not my choice to withdraw from my obligations to my society, or to request other citizens support a system in which they would have little to no voice.