Home-schoolers to Reynolds:Thanks, but no thanks

That tax credit for parents who home-school or send their kids to private schools -- the one State Sen. Tom Reynolds sold his soul and voted for the Republican state budget to get?

Never mind.

The home-school folks who would get the $100 per child say they don't want it, and are asking Gov. Jim Doyle to veto it, Spivak and Bice report in the Journal Sentinel.

It seems that many of the people who teach their children themselves don't like the idea of government interference, and worry the money may lead to strings being attached. And they don't like spending money period; Reynolds' credit would cost the state $14.6-million a year.

Reynolds, a home-schooler himself, already said he wouldn't take the credit, after being criticized for pushing a provision that benefited him personally.

Maybe it's time to call the whole thing off.

Earlier post, "Tom Reynolds, a Cicero for our times."