Florida parents are taking advantage of an expanded school voucher program championed by Governor Ron DeSantis ®, according to messages from private Facebook groups obtained by Popular Information. The private Facebook messages reveal how parents are using the new

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    You think welfare is enough to sustain a single parent so they can homeschool? Really? Do you know how low welfare payments are?

    It’s virtually impossible for most single parents to homeschool and I think you know that.

    So it’s two-tiered.

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      No but I don’t think every single social program needs to be utilized by everyone.

      Why should people like my buddy’s kid not have access to swings?

      Do you support college loans being paid off?

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        Why should people like a single mother not have access to the same vouchers despite their children going to public school? Or does that particular social program not need to be utilized by everyone?

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          They do have access to these programs but they likely cannot use them. Unless you want an incredibly authoritarian system there cannot be a state where all programs will be used by everyone.

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              It is your choice in theory that determines whether you use it. Single parents are not barred from the programs.

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                  Go back and read my posts. I said available to everyone and they are available to everyone. If your circumstances mean you cannot avail yourself of them that does not mean they were not available.

                  Is that really that hard to wrap your brain around?

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                    If your circumstances mean you have no choice to put your children in public school because you’re a single mother working two jobs just to support your children, it is not available to you. It simply isn’t. I have no idea why you think everyone can homeschool just because you know someone who does.