Chase told Miller he would not accept the voucher plan if inner-city funding were doubled or even tripled . Having let them state their predictable case, Mr. Miller still took the trouble to demolish anti-choice arguments. There is no evidence that vouchers work . Miller finds this ironic coming from people who have done everything in their power to quash choice. Vouchers drain money from public schools .
Vouchers are unconstitutional .
The capacity isn't there . But even a limited exodus, he thinks, would spur efforts to improve public schools, making vouchers a win-win situation. Profit is bad . Yes, says Miller, but it wouldn't be the first time. He notes how the land-grant colleges of the 1860s, an untried idea, sparked the research that fueled the boom in American agriculture.