Bush's Double Standard on Vouchers

Paul Krugman explains why Bush is creating refugee trailer parks rather than giving housing vouchers to the victims of Hurricane Katrina:

So here's the key to understanding post-Katrina policy: Mr. Bush can't avoid helping Katrina's victims, but he doesn't want to legitimize institutions that help the needy, like the housing voucher program. As a result, his administration refuses to use those institutions, even when they are the best way to provide victims with aid. More generally, the administration is trying to treat Katrina's victims as harshly as the political realities allow, so as not to create a precedent for other aid efforts.

As the misery of the hurricane's survivors goes on, remember this: to a large extent, they are miserable by design.

What Krugman didn't mention was Bush's double-standard on vouchers. He'll give vouchers to the victims for private education but he withholds them for private housing.

This clearly reveals that the true purpose behind the push for educational vouchers is to destroy this country's system of public education.

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