From: Brian D Williams (talon57@well.com)
Date: Fri Aug 24 2001 - 12:04:04 MDT
>From: Miriam English <miriam@werple.net.au>
>So you reckon that people at the bottom of the economic ladder
>should get to send their kids to the same kind of school that they
>do now but pay for it?
They can send their kids to any school they can afford.
>OK. :-) Do you remember why these people are called poor? It is
>because they don't have money. Given the choice between putting
>food on the table and getting their kids some kind of education,
>guess which will get dropped.
The reason they are poor is because they make bad decisions, like
having a bunch of kids that they cannot afford. I used to be poor,
but I made the right decisions and now no longer am, they can too.
This is a social policy that needs to be changed.
>If the upper classes don't want a poverty-stricken class that is
>self perpetuating, hates the rich vehemently, and is a breeding
>ground for disease and warped memes, then they need to do the
>sensible and humane thing and ensure that kids of the poor have a
>chance at a better life. Often the only way to do that is to give
>them a good education -- free.
It's the middle classes that oppose this as well, and we'll start
by eliminating programs that make the problem worse, like welfare.
TANSTAAFL "There ain't no such thing as a free lunch". Somebody has
been paying for it and is no longer interested. It's personnal
responsibility time.
>I have nothing against private education, but it is not the
>solution to all educational needs. Likewise free market economics
>can be extremely useful, but there are definite limits to its
>usefulness.
This isn't a private/public school issue alone, it's also about who
pays for it, I vote everybody pays a little, and the parents pay
most.
Brian
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