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September 06, 2005
Voucher Guy
The AJC had a typically lame he said she said argument about the education sales tax. Arguing in favor, Glenn Delk. The AJC describes him as an "Atlanta attorney." That's true, but he's also an attorney who has sued to overturn the entire Georgia school system that he wants to replace with private school vouchers.
You see, Delk was the leader of a pro-voucher group called Georgia Parents for Better Education. His mission in life is to devote less money to public schools and divert more money to private schools. So, excuse me AJC, but I find it hard to believe that he'd now credibly argue that an education sales tax would be somehow "fair" or revenue neutral to the public school system in this state.
It seems to me that Delk and others who've long campaigned for vouchers and the dismantling of the public school system have just attached themselves to the latest vehicle that gives them hope -- the education sales tax. They think Georgians will be snookered by Jerry Keen's smooth talking into thinking we're just shifting around some numbers to improve our school system, when the real goal (that they just won't come out and admit) is that they want to cut the size of public education and get it down to the size where they can drown it in the bathtub.
Posted by Chris at September 6, 2005 03:03 PM
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