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So the parents, being generally towards the wealthier end of the scale, get to pay more income tax dollars than the average individual, and also don’t get to be
by alvah 4y ago
So the parents, being generally towards the wealthier end of the scale, get to pay more income tax dollars than the average individual, and also don’t get to benefit from the education portion of said tax dollars at all? Doesn’t seem particularly, what’s the word, egalitarian?
I understand the arguments re: taxing the middle / upper middle class to pay for hospitals, police etc; everyone benefits from these services, including those carrying the majority of the tax burden. But you want to tax them for education, and not give them any of the benefit, because they choose to pay extra to go private?
- chii 4y ago> get to pay more income tax ... don’t get to benefit from the education portion of said tax dollars at all? but they can! they can enroll in the public system. They would have a choice. Nobody is forcing the private system onto them in this scenario. > because they choose to pay extra to go private? yes, this is what it _should_ mean to go private.
- alvah 4y agoYeah there’s nothing to be gained here, you’re determined not to get the point.