the13thfloor

I must be stupid. I read the American Dream Initative at RealClearPolitics - Articles - Saving the American Dream from democrats Clinton, Carper and Vilsak and don't quite get it. A $3000 per year tax credit to go to college is the panacea for all of our problems. If I read correctly, its not even a new credit but a consolidation of existing tax credits. Or maybe its the performance based block grants that will save the country by enableing the states to make public education more affordable, which will somehow increase graduation rates. What a bunch of hooey. Why don't they propose vouchers for all americans, allowing them to opt out of the crappy public school system that can't, or won't, educate children in the first place. Maybe then graduation from a four year college will be more obtainable for most americans.