Poll: Should $ spent by parents be 100% tax deductible?

Question

Should all money that parents spend on educating their children be tax deductible? This includes private/charter school tuition bills, homeschooling expenses, college tuition, and school supplies.

Please vote Yes or No and provide an explanation as to why you feel that way.

Thanks!

Answer 1

no....partially yes but not 100%...there are electing to send their children to private schools (charter schools are considered public in my area anyway) rather than the public school...if you buy a car in NYC its not deductible even though the Metro is readily available

Answer 2

Partially, for college as others have said.  There are those that can send their children to a very expensive private school and those that can only afford a community college.  And there are those kids that are just s******g around in school and not serious about an education at all.

Answer 3

For college--Yes. The cost of going to college in the US has gotten so high that parents need a little help.

Answer 4

yes.

My explanation:

the money spent by parents on their childrens educations drastically reduces the money spent by the government on those same children later in life.....i.e. welfare, foodstamps, etc...

also the money I spend on school supplies for myself is 100% tax deductable and a portion of what I spend on my childrens public school education is currently tax deductable.

Public school is no longer a "free" education. I generally spend about $300 per semester per child out of pocket not including clothes.