Recently, Matt Compton, the political director of Idaho’s teachers’ union, referred to school choice options as “private and parochial school subsidies for wealthy families.” Despite the typical misinformation – the vast majority of programs proposed for Idaho have carve outs for low-income and working-class families – this characterization misses the mark. Wealthy families in Idaho already have access to excellent education options. They can afford homes in areas with superior public schools or pay for private school tuition, tutoring, and online courses. What truly concerns political actors like Compton is the prospect of everyone else gaining access to these options. They resort to pretend populism because they know granting families education freedom would disrupt the flow of money to their political coffers.