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We should view government as the service provider of last resort. If you can't afford private education & security, you have public schools and police. Problem is government charges us for its services even when we don't want them, reducing our financial ability to choose.

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Dragon's Metal

@DragonsMetal666

Aug 5, 2020

Where does the money come to provide to those people who can't afford those things? Tax their income? So a segment of society falls into disrepair, and the cost is insurmountable as pain, suffering, and dissidence kicks down your door. Opportunities for all must advance.

Jesse Powell

@jespow

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@DragonsMetal666

Same place it comes from now. Tax everyone, give everyone $15k/yr per kid for school, charge $15k/yr for public school, let everyone decide where to spend their education check. Some will go for public, others will go to a better $14k/yr private and keep the change.

6:50 PM · Aug 5, 2020Twitter Web App

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Federal (public school are only 8% federally funded) or state tax dollars? Wouldn't the quality teachers migrate to private schools leaving people in regions of poverty with even less education? Also, separation of church and state would be difficult to maintain.

Jesse Powell

@jespow

Aug 5, 2020

Not necessarily. Some teachers would go for high pay, others for rewarding work. Public schools would still be getting $15k/yr per child. Such a system make for higher teacher pay, enabling more great teachers to be professional teachers.

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