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> Everyone gets to go to school for free, your taxes should be thought of as paying off your own education. What makes you think this is the correct perspectiv
by edmundsauto 5y ago
> Everyone gets to go to school for free, your taxes should be thought of as paying off your own education.
What makes you think this is the correct perspective? Many Americans had parents who were educated abroad or not at all (if I'm paying for my education, what did my parents pay for?). Further, my education was less expensive than my education-focused-taxes are now - if I really were paying just for myself, shouldn't it be an inflation adjusted amount? Instead, I pay what it costs to educate a kid today.
- patrickthebold 5y agoIt's one perspective. And I think it's a good one. We're not 100% keeping score here: some kids will die they day after they graduate high school, but on the whole people start lives as children, have a period of productivity and then are too old to really be productive. I think it's not good to be bitter about supporting the young or old while you are working because you have been and will be (to some rough approximation) supported by the previous and the next generation.
- yazaddaruvala 5y agoIf you’re viewing it as “I’m paying off my own education” it should be considered an uncolateralized loan and you should be paying a high interest rate on it. Roughly 15 years of education roughly $5k annually at an interest rate roughly set at 15% interest (you have no credit history or school grades to showcase your credibility). Roughly owing $150k at the end of high school, and building until you can pay it off.