Saturday, April 9, 2011

Milwaukee’s school voucher scam « Larry Miller's Blog

Milwaukee’s school voucher scam « Larry Miller's Blog

Milwaukee’s school voucher scam

JOEL McNALLY | state columnist | Posted: Saturday, April 9, 2011 6:45 am

The vicious scam behind Milwaukee’s school voucher program now is becoming public for all to see. The program is about to take another ugly turn transferring money from our neediest students to the most privileged. It was always suspicious that right-wing Republicans were enthusiastically supporting a tax-funded government program they claimed would help poor children of colorreceive a quality education.

Historically, the right has consistently fought tax funds going to people in need, especially those of other races. The only government programs they support are huge tax cuts and corporate welfare benefiting the wealthy. For two decades, voucher supporters resisted testing of poor