Fix schools by funding all schools equally, banning private schools and private contributions to schools.
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Replying to @RichFelker @kelseyhightower
seems unlikely to withstand a constitutional challenge
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Replying to @ddgenome @kelseyhightower
I didn't say it would be politically easy.
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Replying to @RichFelker @kelseyhightower
there's politically difficult and then there's amending the Constitution to limit the 1st amendment
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Replying to @RichFelker @kelseyhightower
my thinking is that currently $=speech, many private schools religious. Would need to limit 1st to limit/tax
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Replying to @ddgenome @kelseyhightower
You can allow institutions that provide religious education w/o letting them serve in lieu of public secular edu.
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And taxing a payment for service (tuition) is not a limitation on 1st amend. This isn't even a loophole; ...
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Replying to @RichFelker
under what authority would the federal government levy such a tax?
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Replying to @ddgenome
Like pooling funds, it would probably have to be done at state level under current US system.
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Perhaps federal government could deny federal funding to states that don't institute such a tax, though.
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