According to a survey by the Separation of School and State Alliance conducted Oct 22-25, 1998, one out of four Americans--about 27 percent--"support repealing compulsory school attendance and ending tax support for schooling." (31:1) Furthermore that percent jumped to 57 when respondents were asked to reconsider if there were an abundance of scholarships for low-income and disadvantaged children. (31:1) Libertarians believe that once Americans are freed of the their restricting tax burden most will have the means to provide an adequate education for their children. According to our President it is money that our schools need and more of it. Well, both Washington D.C. and New Jersey hold the record for the most per pupil spending, New Jersey with $10,900 and D.C. with 10,300. (34:1) Now, isn't it shocking that in student achievement New Jersey ranks 29th and "the only thing preventing [Washington] from being dead last in student achievement is Mississippi." (34:1) The schools that do rank in the top in terms of student achievement Minnesota and Iowa rank quite low in the per pupil spending with Minnesota ranking 27th ($6300) and Iowa 30th ($6000). (34:1) Paying teachers more doesn't seem to solve anything either since New-Jerseys teachers salary (51,000) is the fifth-highest and Iowa teachers only receive about 34,000 ranking them at thirty-four. (34:2) Thus, Libertarians agree that "more money and more teacher are nothing more that self-serving strategies to enhance the wealth and power of the education establishment." (34:2) The Federal government has its shrewd ways of staying afloat and enhancing its monopoly of education through manipulative rules which determine what make ups a school as well as stern restrictions on alternative and non-government schools. Yet, the mantra of many Libertarians is that even though government might resist it but "the battle cry for choice in education is central to bringing about a free society." (23:3)

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