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Well, unfortunate that the school is religious, but I wouldn’t say that a childless person paying for school is “outrageous.” After all, most people grow old,
by jaredklewis 3y ago
Well, unfortunate that the school is religious, but I wouldn’t say that a childless person paying for school is “outrageous.”
After all, most people grow old, retire, and become dependent on the young workers in the economy to carry the tax burden, defend the nation, serve as doctors, nurses, caretakers, and so on.
It takes a village to raise a child, but it also takes children to have a village at all. So I don’t think it’s crazy if we spread the cost of education not just among parents but across the whole population.
- singleshot_ 3y agoOne other point that may be worth making is that if the kids I rely on to take care of me when I am old are very religious, they will probably not take care of me, which gives me a vested interest in the undertaking of teaching the next generations not to hate me because I don’t share their beliefs.
- lukas099 3y agoThe point was that the taxes are going to private schools, not schools in general.
- singleshot_ 3y agoI wouldn't say that a childless person paying for school is "outrageous" either. If I said that, would I be entitled to a doctor when I'm old? The better we educate these little people the better the future will be. Letting people take this money that we set aside to invest in the future seems unwise.