Vouchers would just help the rich
Sen. Lori Hartog, R-Meridian, and Rep. Wendy Horman, R-Idaho Falls, are again bringing forward a bill to provide $50 million in state-funded tax rebates for students who are enrolled in private schools. Basically saying, if one doesn’t use the public schools they shouldn’t have to pay for it.
I am just one of many Idaho residents with children no longer in the school system yet I pay more taxes than a large family of students. They get the per-child tax deduction. I don’t. I’m not using the tax funded school system. Can I get a rebate too?
The average tuition for K-12 private schools in Idaho is $8,980. Even with a $5,000 tax credit, very few low to mid-income families could still afford the remaining $3000 to $5000, so the rebate would mostly benefit the upper-income families that currently have children enrolled in private schools who obviously can already afford it. The old, the rich get richer, again, at taxpayer’s expense…