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Every student would be straight A's soon after. No person with a heart would want to deprive people of free money.

mc32 5y ago
Collusion would be a problem but you could involve compliance along with loss of access to the program if a violation is found. I mean we can use statistics effectively to suss out cheaters.
- psychlops 5y ago
  You are no doubt correct about finding cheaters. My point is that the entire system would eventually normalize around maximizing the amount of free money given to children. There would be no hero's made of those who took the money away.
  - mc32 5y ago
    Maybe. In reality not passing kids means their prospects in life are slimmer. Obviously once they hit the job market an inflated grade would be detected in many industries but not all.
- klyrs 5y ago
  Ah, yes, the old "punish people for responding rationally to perverse incentives" schtick.
- jollybean 5y ago
  There is absolutely no pragmatic way to manage this, and it would be politically nuclear. The notion of 'money for grades', while a neat idea for discussion, is definitely macabre, just another version of 'Squid Games'. A small child bonus, maybe a bit means tested, but not enough to perversely incent people to want children for that reason (some people think like that), would be worth it. In fact it's probably one of the best ways to spend surpluses that we have. Early childhood education and formation is really foundational and the marginal value of a few extra dollars for those who materially need it can go a very long way. It'd be political tennable if the Left were not in a civil war between traditional leftist and progressives, and the right were not at war between populists and the groups of traditional republicans.
  - mc32 5y ago
    It seems we abandoned the vision for greater good that we had in the seventies: EPA, endangered species, Title IX. Nixon gets maligned but he pushed through some good regulations back then.

mc32 5y ago

Collusion would be a problem but you could involve compliance along with loss of access to the program if a violation is found. I mean we can use statistics effectively to suss out cheaters.

psychlops 5y ago
You are no doubt correct about finding cheaters. My point is that the entire system would eventually normalize around maximizing the amount of free money given to children. There would be no hero's made of those who took the money away.
- mc32 5y ago
  Maybe. In reality not passing kids means their prospects in life are slimmer. Obviously once they hit the job market an inflated grade would be detected in many industries but not all.
klyrs 5y ago
Ah, yes, the old "punish people for responding rationally to perverse incentives" schtick.
jollybean 5y ago
There is absolutely no pragmatic way to manage this, and it would be politically nuclear. The notion of 'money for grades', while a neat idea for discussion, is definitely macabre, just another version of 'Squid Games'. A small child bonus, maybe a bit means tested, but not enough to perversely incent people to want children for that reason (some people think like that), would be worth it. In fact it's probably one of the best ways to spend surpluses that we have. Early childhood education and formation is really foundational and the marginal value of a few extra dollars for those who materially need it can go a very long way. It'd be political tennable if the Left were not in a civil war between traditional leftist and progressives, and the right were not at war between populists and the groups of traditional republicans.
- mc32 5y ago
  It seems we abandoned the vision for greater good that we had in the seventies: EPA, endangered species, Title IX. Nixon gets maligned but he pushed through some good regulations back then.