Where is the humanitarianism?

The Democratic Party claims to be the chief humanitarian political movement in America. It insists on quality education as a goal for all Americans, because children without education are hopeless.

The Democratic Party, which enacted the Great Society and the New Deal, has no qualms about spending our money to improve peoples' lives.

Until it is faced with a relatively inexpensive spending program, that is. Until it is faced with one of the few programs that is actually effective. Then the Democrats make every effort possible to kill it.

And so goes the D.C. school voucher program. President Barack Obama is smart enough to send his children to a quality private school because the public schools in that city are worthless. Now he and his Congressional allies are taking that same opportunity away from poorer kids.

Save DC school choice

President Barack Obama is smart enough to send his own children to someplace more conducive to their good future than an inner-city public school.

In Congress, some are attempting to end a DC scholarship program that allows poor children the same opportunity. I hope Obama stands up to them and saves a government program that actually does some good.

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