Persuasion Speech

Vouchers What if you were paying for someone to get discriminated against? If you were funding something that was ruled unconstitutional? Some people believe that vouchers lower your education tax but they actually raise it and take away from public schools. I would like to list some reasons why vouchers are not a good idea and are not necessary. Unlike public schools, private schools do not have to follow government regulation. Private schools can take the voucher money and deny admission of any student. They can discriminate against students based on religion, ethnic background, academic records, and economic background. Discrimination may be legal but we shouldn’t pay for it to happen. If we continue to support vouchers we are supporting this discrimination in these schools. Public funds should pay for schools that are open to all children no matter the race or religion. Vouchers do not help the poor. Most vouchers do not pay the entire tuition and fees for private schools. So, only higher wage families would be able to take advantage of vouchers and chances are they would not even need the voucher money. In fact the vouchers would hurt the low-income families because they would have to pay the extra tax for the high-income families to use the vouchers. If you are going to support something like this why not target the lower class they are the ones who actually need the help. Most private schools are run by religious groups. According to study 80 percent of private schools integrate religion and require all students to attend religious services. In other words, vouchers are paying a religious establishment. This violates the First Amendment and the separation of church and state thus making vouchers unconstitutional. Our education tax should not be funding something that is unconstitutional instead we could use the excess funds to help public education. Do you like depriving kids of an education? That is what you are doing if you fund vouchers