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MacIver Institute Rips SAA Over Voucher Entitlement Release
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | August 22, 2013
The far-right MacIver Institute, in a lively work of fiction noteworthy for its use of misdirection and deception, ripped the SAA yesterday for its “voucher entitlement” release issued earlier this week.
The obvious care and effort expended in order to spin this lengthy rant validates why I subscribe to the old adage, “You never receive more flak than when you are right over the target.”
I am a bit perplexed that the MacIver Institute assailed the SAA for making essentially the same argument it did in April and May, even though the SAA admitted as much in its news release.
Why did the SAA make the same argument? Because our assertion that voucher expansion is the beginning of a runaway taxpayer-funded entitlement was true in May, and even more so today.
SAA members, let this serve as a classic example of why it is so vitally important that you build relationships with your legislators and communicate with them on a regular basis.
Pro-voucher advocates will challenge any fact that doesn’t conform to their stated objective of “a voucher in every backpack.” They are a very powerful, well-funded political adversary. But at the end of the day, I just don’t believe that what they stand for represents the “Wisconsin way.”
So, let’s keep up the fight. Let’s fight for everything that is good in public education. Let’s fight for all the reasons we made education our life’s work. But, most importantly, let’s fight for our children’s future.
Thanks for listening, and thanks for all your efforts on behalf of Wisconsin school children.
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