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Should the government offer students a voucher that they can use to attend private schools?

A school voucher is a certificate of government funding that students can use to pay for the school of their choice. Students are given the vouchers and can use them to pay for non-public school systems including private schools, home schools and charter schools Proponents argue that the vouchers will create a better education system by promoting competition between schools. Opponents argue that the voucher system removes funds from public schools and redirects it toward private institutions.

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43%
Yes
57%
No
34%
Yes
45%
No
4%
Yes, but only for low income families
11%
No, we should focus on improving our public schools instead
3%
Yes, but only for students with exceptional athletic, academic, or service achievements
1%
No, and ban private schools
2%
Yes, but I would rather privatize all education

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 @8RWPFZ9 from Florida  answered…5yrs5Y

Yes, but only for secular schools

 @957QQY7 from North Carolina  answered…4yrs4Y

Yes, but I would rather nationalize all education.

 @6V4692Vfrom New York  answered…5yrs5Y

Yes, but we should focus on improving our public schools instead

 @8SKYDXM from Pennsylvania  answered…5yrs5Y

Yes, but only for students with exceptional academic achievements

 @98PJ2P5 from California  answered…3yrs3Y

No we should improve our public schools and make them free for everyone(including college).

 @8ZP76SL from Oregon  answered…4yrs4Y

Yes, but we should focus on improving our public schools

 @9HJ8HKD from Louisiana  answered…3yrs3Y

the government should offer students a voucher that they can use to attend private schools or to be used to support Homeschooling.

 @8T9BNL4 from New Jersey  answered…5yrs5Y

Yes, but the voucher should be able to go towards other forms of schooling such as homeschooling or paying for alternative/charter schooling as well as private school tuition

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 @ISIDEWITH submitted…2yrs2Y

Elizabeth Warren Walks Back Murder Comments

Congressional Democrats broadly denounced the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson Friday morning, after Republicans started accusing Sen. Elizabeth Warren of excusing violence.“No one's condoning this,” said Rep. Brad Schneider (D-Ill.). “Violence never is the right answer for anything. And it was a horrible murder, a tragic loss for his family.” Warren this week condemned the shooting, but added that people “can be pushed only so far.”"We'll say it over and over," Warren said on MSNBC’S “The ReidOut.” " Violence is never the answer. This guy [Luigi Mangione] gets a trial who's allegedly killed the CEO of UnitedHealth, but you can only push people so far, and then they start to take matters into their own hands."In a statement to POLITICO, Warren said, “Violence is never the answer. Period. I should have been much clearer that there is never a justification for murder.” Top Republicans denounced Warren's comments and the walked-back rhetoric, with House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) calling it “inappropriate and dangerous.”Some House Democrats asked about the incident on Thursday pivoted the conversation to discuss policy options on health care or gun safety.“I don't really know that this is really a space that Congress normally weighs in on,” said Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas). “But at the end of the day, I think it’s an opportunity, because now people are talking about health care and to talk about the fact that this industry has honestly not been as helpful as it could be.”“Violence is never the answer,” said Rep. Troy Carter (D-La.). “We know that there are people suffering, there’s great challenges in healthcare. There's great challenges, and people have, in fact, been wronged, but a process of governance is the way to address that, not violence.”And Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) who denounced the murder, said the killer should be prosecuted and that “I do know that allegedly a ghost gun was used, and we should also ban ghost guns. There's no reason for them beyond the streets.”

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