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Public Education: DC Vouchers Program Isn't the Answer

Rabbi David Saperstein | Posted 06.14.2009 | Politics

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Rabbi David Saperstein

Taxpayer dollars should go where they are needed most: to improve public education for all of our nation's children.

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Geithner Loves the Market so Give him Banking Vouchers

Benjamin R. Barber | Posted 04.12.2009 | Business

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Benjamin R. Barber

I have a plan that doesn't (god forbid!) involve nationalization or government mandates, but compels the banks to spend government bucks for the purposes intended by Congress when it okayed the bailout.

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A Novel Approach: Using Unemployment Benefits as a Means for Stimulus

Gary Ross | Posted 03.14.2009 | Politics

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Gary Ross

Why not allow recently laid off workers to apply their unemployment benefits toward their next job in the form of a voucher?

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Whom Will He Choose?

Martin Carnoy | Posted 01.08.2009 | Politics

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Martin Carnoy

With government as the investor of last resort, Obama has broad support to implement major changes in the educational, health care, and energy systems using federal money.

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Teachers Can't Vouch for McCain's "Voucher Plan"

Cheryl Lubin | Posted 11.27.2008 | Home

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Cheryl Lubin

As a high school teacher who dips into my own wallet to buy paper and pencils for students in the second largest school district in the land, I recognize the dangers of a pro-voucher McCain administration. Vouchers are not, as Obama so succinctly put it, the panacea for failing schools.

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Bail Out the People

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 10.24.2008 | Business

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Amitai Etzioni

Congress should instruct the U.S. Treasury to issue to each American household a mortgage reduction voucher worth $7,500. Thus, these vouchers will help the banks by helping the people.

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