Jeroen wrote:
>
>You see, over here we believe that getting basic education is too
>important to let money (or lack of it) get in the way. By letting
>everyone pay for it through Income Taxes, *all* our children can go
>to school
>
>How do you handle it in the US?
Property taxes, for the most part, at least AFAIK.
>Let parents pay the bill themselves? Then what do you do with
>children whose parents can't afford it? Tell those kids: "tough luck
>for you, but it isn't our fault that you weren't born into a rich
>family, so you'll just have to do without even basic education"?
What in the heck brought that on? No one's said anything along those lines
at all. Yes, inner city schools do have some trouble getting the needed
funding at times, and require state or federal assistance, but that is a
function of those self same property taxes.
If you want to argue about the properness of that, fine. There is probably
*not* enough "profit-sharing" in that regard. But I don't think it's fair
to make a statement like "How do you handle it in the US," indicating that
you *DON'T* know the facts, and then follow it up with flame-bait like "Tell
those kids: 'Tough luck...'".
Jim
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