[MD] Value and the Individual

[pholden at davtv.com]

Quoting Christoffer Ivarsson <IvarssonChristoffer at hotmail.com>:

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> >> Platt
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> >> >> What you are doing is confusing this tax as only a "tuition" for
> >> >> "your child". Then saying those attending private schools are paying
> >> >> twice. That's just wrong. The "tax" is a public tax levied on ALL
> >> >> citizens to sustain an educated populace. Whether or not YOU take
> >> >> advantage of the public schools with your child is your choice. So
> >> >> you have one payment that is everyone's contribution to sustaining an
> >> >> educated populace, and another that is your optional choice to send
> >> >> your child to a "private" school and pay tuition there.
> >> >
> >> > No problem if taxes were in fact sustaining and educated populace.
> >> > Unfortunately,
> >> > the government school system in the U.S. -- along with the government 
> >> > in
> >> > Washington
> >> > -- is broken. That's why we need vouchers. Then schools will compete in 
> >> > a
> >> > free
> >> > market. Bad schools will go out of business and parents can choose 
> >> > between
> >> > good
> >> > schools for their children to attend. Further, paying twice for schools
> >> > will be
> >> > eliminated.
> >>
> >> Let me just ask something; you are not at all concerned about the social
> >> differentiations, the huge chasms that will be between different classes 
> >> of
> >> people when the education anyone can receive is subject to how much money
> >> that person or his/her happens to have?
> >
> > School vouchers have nothing to do with how much money a person has. The
> > value of a voucher is the same for every parent.
> 
> Well, I for my part is against private schools altogether and think that 
> enough money and energy should be put into the public schools so that they 
> can be equipped to give all students the conditions they need to develop. 
> Everybody should have an equal chance of getting a Good education, that is 
> perhaps the most important foundation for a modern society to build on.

I agree with goal of providing a good education for every child. Our disagreement
concerns the means. Our public schools here in U.S. are failing to achieve
the goal. The system needs to be totally reformed. Vouchers hold great promise.

Regards,
Platt
   




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