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Vouchers Are Just Another Welfare Scheme

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If proponents of school vouchers get their way, Americans might well be permanently saddled with one of the most massive government welfare programs in history. What began many years ago as a modest proposal to help those on the lowest rungs of the economic ladder with their educational needs now threatens to encompass every child in America. In a recent Wall Street Journal article, free-market economist Milton Friedman exuded praise for a new voucher initiative in California — Proposition 38 — that will be voted upon this fall. Unlike other voucher initiatives that seek to help the poor escape public schooling, the California initiative would offer vouchers of $4,000 or more to every single student — rich, middle-class, and poor alike. Friedman wrote, “What is needed for a truly competitive educational industry is ...

Vouchers Are Just Another Welfare Scheme

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If proponents of school vouchers get their way, Americans might well be permanently saddled with one of the most massive government welfare programs in history. What began many years ago as a modest proposal to help those on the lowest rungs of the economic ladder with their educational needs now threatens to encompass every child in America. In a recent Wall Street Journal article, free-market economist Milton Friedman exuded praise for a new voucher initiative in California — Proposition 38 — that will be voted upon this fall. Unlike other voucher initiatives that seek to help the poor escape public schooling, the California initiative would offer vouchers of $4,000 or more to every single student — rich, middle-class, and poor alike. Friedman wrote, “What is needed for a truly competitive educational industry is ...

Open Borders Work, Part 2

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Part 1 | Part 2 Opponents of immigration marshal a battery of objections to opening up borders. They claim that it would cost jobs, pose a huge welfare burden, and threaten Americans way of life even their security. Yet these fears are mostly nonsense. Critics argue that low-skilled immigration is harmful because the newcomers are poorer and less-educated than Americans. But that is precisely why they are willing to do low-paid, low-skilled jobs that Americans shun. In 1960, more than half of American workers older than 25 were high-school dropouts; now, only one in ten is. Understandably, high-school graduates aspire to better things, while even those with no qualifications dont want to do certain dirty, difficult, and dangerous jobs. Many low-skilled jobs cannot readily be mechanized or imported: ...