support the idea of a voucher program. explain this to me because as i understand this you are saying in effect the state funds would go to a savings account for each individual child rather than just go to the public schools. >> our education system has to be for the benefit of our children. every decision has to be what is good for a kid. we need to measure the teachers. great teachers ought to get paid better. the teachers most effective in teaching our students. on top of that, you as a parent know better what your child needs more than anybody else. you should be able to send the child to the school that you want them to go to, a public school, charter school, private school. >> chris: what happens to public schools if the money is going to the child rather than the school don't you run the risk everybody will end up going to private schools or other special kinds of schools and the public schools are --