I was going to ask in jest when the people who think free college is regressive are going to get around to attacking public K-12, but of course they're already doing that.
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the rule seems to be existing universal programs (parks, schools etc) are fine, but you can't create anything new like that
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Replying to @MattZeitlin @OsitaNwanevu
As someone said, if public libraries didn't already exist arguing for them would be impossible under public discourse. Lending out books for free! Obviously something that favors the well-to-do literate above the poor illiterates!
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I occasionally work out of the public library and what I see are immigrants, retirees, unemployed people using computer to search for jobs & homeless using it as a temporary day-shelter. So I suspect it has a progressive rather than regressive function.
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I go to a library in a very affluent neighborhood and I’d say you’re both right: the people using the computers are who Jeet describes, the people checking out books are largely white moms (or their nannies) with little kids
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Right. Isn't the take-away then that it's good to have public institutions that provide benefits to both affluent, middle class, working class & very poor so they have broad political support and are unlikely to be whittlled away?
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You guys are dangerously close to concluding that means testing is bad with this line of argument.
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That's the implicit argument I'm pursuing.
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