[MD] Value and the Individual

[craigerb at comcast.net]

[Arlo]
> Everyone pays school taxes. It has nothing to do with _your_ child's
> attendance. It benefits everyone to have an educated populace. So we all> pay, JUST LIKE even those without cars have to chip in for road repair.
It would be absurd for each individual to go out and repair/build roads,everytime they wanted to travel somewhere.  But it is not absurd to have analternative to public schools. 
Everything is an analogy, but some analogies--like the one you propose--are bad.Craig