[yequalsx]

Actually, I didn't criticize the argument. I asked a valid question. Namely, does the idea scale for a nation of 300 million people.

When you include private education do you include private higher education? Do you include for-profits? Their overall expenditures per student aren't less.

[schmittz]

I apologize for misinterpreting your attitude from your subsequent response to your own comment as disbelieving of the original commenter's viewpoint. Consequences of voucher systems are as-of-yet unknown or unexplored, but I greatly dislike fear of consequences as a reason for abandoning the pursuit of change altogether. Why would you include higher education? Higher education is a completely different issue from "the education problem." I'm unaware of any for-profit, private, non-postsecondary schools in the country. Obviously, if we did move to a voucher system, for-profits would not be included as it makes no sense for citizens to obligatorily fund a corporation when alternatives exist.