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The Ludwig von Mises Institute  Advancing Austrian Economics,
Liberty, and Peace  Advancing the scholarship of liberty in the
tradition of the Austrian School  Search Mises.org  School
Welfare  Mises Daily: Thursday, July 23, 1998 by   Investor's
Business Daily, July 23, 1998, runs an outstanding article on
school vouchers, explaining with stunning clarity that vouchers
constitute not choice but welfare:  School Choice or Bigger
Government?  Milwaukee's Reform Came Wrapped In Red Tape by
Michael Chapman  School vouchers have been sold as a winning way
to give parents a choice of how to educate their kids. But
vouchers may come with government strings attached.  At least,
that's the lesson from Milwaukee's school choice program.  The
Wisconsin Supreme Court in June OK'd the plan, which the state
Legislature had approved years earlier. The public school lobby,
backed by the American Civil Liberties Union, may appeal to the
U.S. Supreme Court.  For