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No country with a purely private education system is even on the list! That's because no such country exists. But no country had freedom of religion (in the m
by mhartl 18y ago
No country with a purely private education system is even on the list!
That's because no such country exists. But no country had freedom of religion (in the modern sense) until 1787, the year the U.S. Constitution was ratified. That doesn't mean it was a bad idea.
- sdurkin 18y agoThe government doesn't have a monopoly on education, especially not higher education. Transfer payments aren't the same thing as a centrally directed allocation of goods. You can still choose where to spend them. Even targeted assistance for education still lets you choose what institution to attend. The transfer payments in the current system pay huge dividends over market allocation of educational goods, because the market tends to give these goods only to the children of those who are already well-off. However, the primary and secondary public school system is radically broken, mostly through the fault of the government. It needs not only more competition, but also the elimination of local funding through property taxes.
- jshen 18y ago"But no country had freedom of religion (in the modern sense) until 1787" So there was no country in the world prior to 1787 that ever allowed it's citizens to practice the religion of their choice? Are you sure about that? edit: you do realize that the US primarily had private schools in the early days. The idea that no one ever tried private education is simply false. So is the idea that America is the first country that ever allowed it's citizens to practice the religion of their choice.