From: Wei Dai (weidai@eskimo.com)
Date: Fri May 24 2002 - 10:20:13 MDT
On Fri, May 24, 2002 at 06:54:09AM -0700, Brian D Williams wrote:
> >I think it's horrible that children's educational opportunities
> >are limited by the financial resources of their parents. It would
> >be great to have a better way of funding child education.
>
> I respectfully disagree.
>
> This is incorrect, the average parent pays for only a small portion
> of their childrens education, most of the real cost is paid by
> non-parents.
I don't think there is any disagreement between us. Yes, the average
parent pays for only a small portion of their childrens education (at
least in the U.S., I'm not sure about other countries). Parents can choose
to pay more out of their own pockets, but most don't, even for children
who would benefit from more educational resources.
> I think everyone should pay an equal (small) portion of their taxes
> toward education and the parents should pay the rest. If they wish
> to have children they should pay for the cost of educating them.
Phil's idea seems to be that children can voluntarily pay for their own
education once they grow up. Don't you wish that you could send some money
back in time to when you were a child so that you could have gotten a
better education? Maybe with the appropriate financial market tools, you
can. But I'm not sure how it's supposed to work, hence the request for
clarification.
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