Why are Democrats opposed to school vouchers?

[septimus]

@Czarcasm

Previous recent thread on vouchers.

That is not the only previous thread on the topic. Indeed ITR champion asked the same question in a previous thread:

@ITR_champion

The real mystery is why liberal Democrats are almost uniformly opposed to education vouchers while at the same time being happy about vouchers in other areas.

I refer Mr. Champion to the answer I gave in that thread:

@septimus

For the near future, most children will be educated in public schools. Public schools have disadvantages compared with private schools; for one thing, unlike private schools they cannot reject applicants.

Thus, however strong the arguments for school vouchers may be, the majority of American children will be adversely affected if voucher programs “scoop off the cream” and reduce funding for public schools.

I think many progressives support such programs when they’re part of a plan to cooperatively improve education overall. Instead, some of the programs are motivated just by a philosophy of “I want mine. Screw you.” and a pretense that public schools will benefit from their own creative destruction.