Romney Says He’ll Ditch Obamacare, Promote National School Voucher Program
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A national school voucher program, maybe, if Republicans win the White House in November.
Yup, I heard it myself, along with thousands, who waited hours in the packed courtyard at Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota to hear presidential hopeful Gov. Mitt Romney speak, Thursday.
Under the blaze of an eastward sun, Romney fired up the crowd, saying he’d abolish the current administration’s healthcare plan, restore $716 billion to Medicare—he claims were diverted to pay for President Obama’s healthcare initiative—and reverse the trend of reducing the nation’s military budget.
Romney also pledged to expand trade, bring high-waged jobs back to America, and reverse the nation’s unemployment numbers.
But the biggest surprise—at least to me—came when Romney said he planned to give families control over public education money, as well as the power to make individual choices about where those dollars would be spent if he’s successful in his November 2012 bid for the presidency.
What do you think about a national school voucher system?
Cathy
9:59 am on Friday, September 21, 2012
I seems to me, that when local communities - families of children - lost control over what is taught, the quality of our education system began to decline and the costs rose exponentially. Federal oversight of our education system has wasted money and worse...it wastes minds....