Many freedom lovers believe that tax-funded vouchers will improve schooling by adding competition. Some focus on the teachers unions as The Big Problem and see vouchers as a way to reduce their influence. Some see vouchers as an important, even necessary, stepping stone toward full Separation.

I've had discussions with many freedom lovers on the voucher issue. A few have not yet devoted much thought ("Friedman is for vouchers and the unions are against them. That's good enough for me"). Most, such as Joe Bast, David Boaz, Milton Friedman, Andy Little and those on the list below, have given this issue a lot of thought and still maintain their position rather than accept mine.

Sure, it's frustrating when people I respect and like are so stubborn (oops, look who's talking). So, to keep a sense of perspective, I often end a conversation on the voucher issue with the statement, "I don't expect perfection in my friends for fear they might reciprocate."

Larry Arnn

Claremont Institute

Mike Arata

Concerned Educators Against Forced Unionism

Wm. Bentley Ball

Attorney

Bernard Baltic

Reason Foundation

Joe Bast

Heartland Institute

Doug Bandow

Columnist

David Barulich

Excel

Janet Beales

Reason Foundation

Joel Belz

WORLD Magazine

Lloyd Billingsley

Writer

David Boaz

Cato Institute

Clint Bolick

Institute for Justice

Ed Crane

President of Cato Institute

Brad Dacus

Rutherford Institute

Bro Theodore Drahmann

Christian Brothers Conference

Mae Duggan

Citizens for Educ. Freedom

Edward Erikson

Calvin College

Milton Friedman

Nobel Laureate

David Harmer

Heritage Foundation

Kevin Irvine

1991 Colo. Teacher of the Year

David Kirkpatrick

Virgil Blum, SJ Center

Manny Klausner

Reason Foundation

Myron Lieberman

Author

Rabbi Pinchas Lipner

Hebrew Academy

Andrew Little

Buckeye Institute

Bishop Norman McFarland

Diocese of Orange

Fr Richard John Neuhaus

First Things

Sr Renee Oliver

CEF Retired

Joe Overton

Mackinac Institute

Linda Page

Cheyenne Mountain Charter Academy

Quentin Quade

Virgil Blum, SJ Center

Lovett Peters

Pioneer Institute

James Peyser

Pioneer Institute

Jack Roeser

Family Taxpayer Foundation

Dan Rosenthal

Silver and Gold Report

Michael Rothschild

Bionomics Institute

Phyllis Schlafly

Eagle Forum

Dr Robert Simonds

NACE/CEE

Sam Staley

Buckeye Institute

Tom Tancredo

Independence Institute

Kevin Teasley

Center for Study of Popular Culture

Robert Teegarden

Calif Catholic Conference

Lance Uzumi

Pacific Research Foundation

Michael Watson

Arkansas Policy Foundation

Walter Williams

George Mason University

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