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I legitimately do not understand the logic behind this.
What about people without kids? Why don't they get money off their student loans or vouchers for college or vocational classes?
I don't have a car, so can I get back my portion of the money that went to widening and resurfacing the streets? Or maybe a voucher I can use at the bike shop?
Just because I don't directly utilize a tax funded service doesn't mean I don't indirectly benefit from that service, let alone that I should be reimbursed for it in some fashion. And this shit is somehow even worse. It's taking money that could be going to a public school and giving it to psycho home schoolers or people who are already rich enough to afford private schools. It's actively making things worse.
Because the point of this program is not to actually help anyone, but rather to further dismantle the public school system. Republicans don't like paying taxes.
Or an educated populace
"Educated in the right way," literally and figuratively.
So you wanted everyone's tax dollars to support you having your college debt paid off, but you are against your tax dollars going to someone else's education if you aren't directly benefiting?
I get you, you fucking hypocrite.