Libertarian CATO Institute Opposes Using 529 Tax Plans for Vouchers

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1. Duane E Swacker says:

   November 4, 2017 at 3:40 pm

   Why? It’s a federalism thingy!

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2. Lloyd Lofthouse says:

   November 4, 2017 at 4:28 pm

   “and states have been doing pretty nice work expanding choice by themselves”

   Really?

   States are not expanding choice by themselves. Out of state money dramatically (often dark money) influences the outcome of elections, and organizations like ALEC writes legislation and then uses its puppet politicians in state legislatures to introduce that cookie cutter legislation for a vote … backed with huge sums of mostly out of state, dark money.

   If states were left alone with no out of state money, how much school choice would there be? In fact, if there was a limit, a cap, on how much money could be spent in an election from every source, I think the corporate assault on public education would have never survived the first few years.

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   • dianeravitch says:

     November 4, 2017 at 4:53 pm

     Most of the out of state money comes from either DeVos (American Federation for Children) or the Koch brothers (Americans for Prosperity) or Wall Street (Democrats for Education Reform)

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3. LeftCoastTeacher says:

   November 4, 2017 at 6:07 pm

   I guess fighting regulation trumps privatization in this case.

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   • SomeDAM Poet says:

     November 5, 2017 at 9:41 am

     Cognitive dissonance must be a real problem for CATO wankers.

     The prolly spend a lot of time on the psychiatrist’s couch.

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4. FLERP! says:

   November 4, 2017 at 6:15 pm

   It also shifts spending from college to K-12. That would have the effect of encouraging privatization in K-12 and increasing student college debt.

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