Re: OT: Politics [Was:Social Contract]
On Sat, Apr 29, 2006 at 10:16:04PM -0400, Curt Howland wrote:
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> On Saturday 29 April 2006 21:43, Christopher Nelson <chris@cavein.org>
> was heard to say:
> > That's your right, but unless you can *gaurantee* that I can, for
> > no cost, send my children to a 100% secular school with decent
> > teaching, there is no way I can support abolishing public schools.
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> "for no cost, send my children..."?
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> For no cost.
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> This is the economics taught in public school? By teachers who must be
> paid, in buildings that must be maintained, on busses that must be
> fueled? "NO COST"???
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> Let me guess, you vote too. "Let's see, which one promises to give me
> something for nothing? Ah! He gets my vote!"
I admit, I made a misjudging--for the *same amount* I'll pay in
education taxes over my life. But there's another point. I'm paying
those taxes my entire working life, which I sure hope is longer than 12
years that my children will go through public school!
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Christopher Nelson -- chris@cavein.org
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