In a 1995 essay, William Barr asserted, “Traditional Judeo-Christian doctrine maintains that there is a transcendent moral order with objective standards of right and wrong that exists independent of man’s will. This transcendent order flows from God’s eternal law – the divine will by which the whole of creation is ordered.”

In the summer of 1992, Bush unveiled the 'G.I. Bill for Children,' a $500 million outlay of taxpayer money to fund voucher schemes nationwide. At the time, Bush was struggling in the polls against Bill Clinton, and the move was seen as a sop to voters.

Perhaps the cruelest claim of voucher proponents is that the plan will help low-income students. Some voucher boosters – such as Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos – even have the audacity to portray vouchers as a matter of economic justice, asserting that they will help low-income children escape public schools and thus overcome poverty.