Imagine for a moment you are on half of the earners in a median-income household. You make $37,290 a year (the median household income in the US is $74,580). Y

Imagine for a moment you are on half of the earners in a median-income household. You make $37,290 a year (the median household income in the US is $74,580). You have two kids: 7 and 10. The school they go to announced that, due to constant feedback from parents about the curricula and teacher performance, all education will need to be supervised by one of the child's primary guardians. This means that from 7:30-3:10, Monday-Friday, either you or your spouse must sit in an observation room and monitor your children through specially installed video surveillance. You are not allowed to work during this time. Your earnings will be $0. There's an alternative, though. Instead of monitoring your child for the entire school day, the school will put your child in a room with all the other children of parents too busy to monitor them. They'll be given an iPad, Wi-Fi, access to a bathroom, and a reasonably nutritious meal. They will receive no formal education, but the staff will make sure they don't hurt themselves or anyone else. This will enable you to go to work. Your earnings will be $37,290 a year. These are your only two options. The state requires you to choose one of them, or you'll go to jail. Also, if you choose the second option, your taxes won't go up next year. Which would you choose? Which would people in your demographic choose?