Taking all the CHANGE out of the taxpayer wallet

Link to Article, Obama unveils plans for education reform, 9/9/08, USA TODAY

Presidential candidates Barrack Obama and John McCain have two very different plans for educational reform.

Barrack Obama wishes to supply charter schools with twice as much funding. "The federal government spends about $200 million a year on charter schools, independently run institutions that receive public money. Obama's proposal would take that up to over $400 million." Barrack Obama's seems to take a Federalist stance on educational reform, entrusting the government to fund and manage the situation with a great deal of power.

John McCain encourages an expansion of the existing school voucher program in Washington D.C. that gives parents the option to choose between public or private schools. John McCain has taken an anti-federalist stance by entrusting American families to decide which form of education is best for their children, rather than increasing funding to improve public schools.

I see John McCain's educational reform much more appealing than Barrack Obama's educational reform. I feel that Barrack Obama's federal funded educational reform does not evenly distribute funds among students, he wishes to assign a certain amount of money for one specific form of education. What if a student prefers to attend private schooling rather than charter schooling? A child that is not abiding by the educational voucher program would be limited in the funding they receive if they choose to attend a private school.