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Smurfection 2 points ago +3 / -1

Tax breaks just make tuition for private school or homeschooling deductible from taxes either whole or in part. However, that's deductible from the Federal Income tax, not the property taxes that are levied by your local school board or the state sales/income tax that is passed by your state legislature.

Voucher systems are better because they take the money you are already paying in property taxes and state income/sales taxes and that money follows the child to the private school or provides the homeschooling family with revenue to buy supplies for schooling. Vouchers also provide the competition for parents' dollars so public schools are forced to compete for the money instead of just lavishing teachers with money and praise and "oh you're so overworked and underpaid" rhetoric.

The whole idea is make the end result better schools where SJW doctrine doesn't prevail and real learning takes place. Since that's the goal, vouchers are a much better system than tax credits.