The Cellar - View Single Post - Should taxpayer dollars be used to fund private education?

Beestie · 01-11-2007, 02:09 PM

I think the answer is clearer when asking an analogous question:

Should tax dollars be used to build private roads?

The idea that taxpayers should foot the bill to send a child to a private school because the state has failed to provide an adequate public education to that child is the very pinnacle of stupidity.

Private school must remain private. And no, parents who send their kids to private school should not get a tax break any more than I should get a tax break for not driving on a road the state just built.

Rich kids get a better deal than kids who aren't. This is also true in Communist China.

01-11-2007, 02:09 PM	#4
Beestie -◊\|≡·∙■·∙≡\|◊- Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Parts unknown. Posts: 4,081	I think the answer is clearer when asking an analogous question: Should tax dollars be used to build private roads? The idea that taxpayers should foot the bill to send a child to a private school because the state has failed to provide an adequate public education to that child is the very pinnacle of stupidity. Private school must remain private. And no, parents who send their kids to private school should not get a tax break any more than I should get a tax break for not driving on a road the state just built. Rich kids get a better deal than kids who aren't. This is also true in Communist China. __________________ ♠ ♥ ♣ ♦