A former student of mine lives in Santa Clara County, one of the wealthiest counties in the United States, with a median household income of $205,500 for a family of four. I’m happy his life has worked out so well — his talented wife is an executive at a major tech company, and he runs his own IT business out of his home while caring for their two kids. I don’t know what he and his wife make, and would never ask, but if they were making up to $616,500 a year, the U.S. government would be willing to pay for their kids to attend a private school. Does this sound like a good use of federal dollars?To Republicans, apparently it does. According to the U.S. Department of Education, starting in January, “Students eligible to enroll in a public elementary or secondary school and from a household with income not greater than 300% of the area’s median gross income qualify for a scholarship through the Education Freedom Tax Credit.”Under the EFTC, passed last summer as part of President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” taxpayers can get a $1,700 tax credit for giving money to a Scholarship Granting Organization that will pay the full tuition of children who are already in private school. For others who would like to send their children to private schools, the SGOs will pay their tuition as well.