The Arizona record is available. It costs nearly $1 billion a year. The majority of voucher recipients were already in private school before expansion. An AG audit flagged over 20% of purchases as unallowed. Eighteen thousand parents spent $10 million on jet skis, gaming consoles, and diamond necklaces.
That is the program you’re calling freedom. Kelly isn’t protecting a broken status quo. He’s pointing at a documented $26 billion mistake before it goes national.
Democrats want to trap kids in failing systems and call it “opportunity.”
The majority of Senate Democrats, led by Senators Mark Kelly and Mazie Hirono, want to kill the Education Freedom Tax Credit—ripping away opportunity from millions of kids just to protect a broken status quo.
I’m living proof that education opens doors. Why are Democrats so determined to slam them shut? School choice is about hope, freedom, and putting parents—not politicians—in charge.