Mobility upwards through socioeconomic classes is not as simple was holding down a good job for a lifetime, it requires education, ingenuity, and the ability to break generational economic cycles that keep families from achieving financial independence over the long-term.
This challenge has presented us with a once in a lifetime opportunity to help reshape education in America by recruiting and training the next generation of great American teachers.
If education vouchers reduce the lifetime expected welfare that the individual will qualify to receive than this can easily outweigh the added utility the individual receives from expanded choice.