November 9, 2010 2:42PM 

# Education Policy Meets Whac-a-Mole® 

By [Andrew J. Coulson](https://www.cato.org/people/andrew-coulson) 

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K‑12 school choice programs based on education tax credits are receiving a lot of attention after last week’s Supreme Court oral arguments in [the *Winn* case](https://www.cato.org/how-do-i-overturn-thee-let-me-count-the-ways/). SCOTUS is likely to overturn a lower court ruling in *Winn* that would have hobbled or killed Arizona’s education tax credit program, and that has some folks consternated.

Among the ranks of the tetchy is Kevin Carey of [the Quick and the Ed](http://www.quickanded.com/2010/11/jay-greene-doesnt-understand-what-corrupt-means.html). Jay Greene [responds here](http://jaypgreene.com/2010/11/09/mend-it-dont-end-it/), and concludes, in essence, that Carey is inconsistently alternating between two criticisms of tax credits whenever one is whacked with a compelling counterargument. Worth a read.

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