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What's Bush's Pell Grant proposal really about?

Conservative observers suggest a proposal in his State of the Union address means a reemergence of school vouchers in disguise.
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  • Tuesday, January 29, 2008 01:01 PM

    Isn't the issue race?

    Religion is a red herring.

    Private school attendance ballooned in the South after segregation was imposed. The black kids go to public school and the white kids go to private school.

    Fine, give them their voucher, but mandate that any school that takes them must be integrated.

    —r1chard3 Read r1chard3's other letters

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