School choice issue filled with lessons in hypocrisy

So let's get this straight. When private and religion-based schools are told they need to meet certain standards, the cry is "get those oppressive state and federal mandates off our back," and "freedom of (nominally Christian) religion" and "free to choose," and all that other freedom and liberty, don't tread on me stuff. But then when it comes to our tax dollars being stolen from our public schools to fund private and religious schools it's "lets all jump on the state funding bandwagon." If I were a teacher, this would be a perfect lesson and example of hypocrisy.  

I have a novel idea!  Let's use our taxes to fund our Public Schools fully and send your kids there. If you want to send your kids to private or religious schools, that is your choice, and it is also YOUR responsibility to pay for it. Not mine and my fellow taxpayers.   

PIERRE BORDENAVE

Sandpoint