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How about the pentagon, or homeland security, or … Why are you picking on the fractional pennies in the budget and letting the millions go out the door? The sy

by jgeada 2y ago

How about the pentagon, or homeland security, or … Why are you picking on the fractional pennies in the budget and letting the millions go out the door? The system is corrupt precisely because people with influence are allowed to opt out & simultaneously benefit.

slt2021 2y ago
School is a local matter, I want tonhave a feedback mechanism of “taking my business elsewhere” in education. If private school offers more competitive product with better teacher, I want it. There is not much sense to force people to pay for local school and pay for private school. And there is a way to opt out of federal taxes: just move out and change tax residence
- eesmith 2y ago
  School is a local matter, but voucher systems are forced onto local districts by the state. Voucher systems are not set up as “taking my business elsewhere” because a voucher doesn't contain just your money but includes other people's taxes, making it their business too. > If private school offers more competitive product That "competitive" is doing a lot of heavy lifting. If you think more religion in school make the school more competitive, then you can already choose a private religious school. If you think having a lacrosse and water polo team makes the school more competitive, then some expensive private schools have that. These are more expensive, sure, but that's Pareto optimality for you. If you want to choose a school where the graduating class all have high SAT scores, and they do it by ranking the class every year and expelling the bottom 10% as "deadweight", than that's an option at some schools. But if you really want this level of competition, then you'll end up having a lot of smaller schools, and lose out on the economy of scale in a consolidated school system, where you can have a school with 3,000 students like I went to which offered classes in jazz music, Latin, machine shop, and differential equations. > There is not much sense to force people to pay for local school and pay for private school. Your argument seems to be that public tax money should not go to education. After all, if I have no kids, or my kids have graduated, why should I pay taxes which go to the school system? But in that case, why limit it to education? If I don't have a car, why should I pay taxes that go into highways? If I only buy books, why should I pay taxes which go to the library? If I have a private pool memberhip, why should I pay taxes which go to the city pool that I never use? > just move out and change tax residence Such a comedian! That "just" is neither easy not cheap. Why don't you "just" use the feedback mechanism of bringing things up to your school board and convincing your fellow voters to change things?

by jgeada 2y ago

slt2021 2y ago

School is a local matter, I want tonhave a feedback mechanism of “taking my business elsewhere” in education. If private school offers more competitive product with better teacher, I want it. There is not much sense to force people to pay for local school and pay for private school. And there is a way to opt out of federal taxes: just move out and change tax residence

eesmith 2y ago
School is a local matter, but voucher systems are forced onto local districts by the state. Voucher systems are not set up as “taking my business elsewhere” because a voucher doesn't contain just your money but includes other people's taxes, making it their business too. > If private school offers more competitive product That "competitive" is doing a lot of heavy lifting. If you think more religion in school make the school more competitive, then you can already choose a private religious school. If you think having a lacrosse and water polo team makes the school more competitive, then some expensive private schools have that. These are more expensive, sure, but that's Pareto optimality for you. If you want to choose a school where the graduating class all have high SAT scores, and they do it by ranking the class every year and expelling the bottom 10% as "deadweight", than that's an option at some schools. But if you really want this level of competition, then you'll end up having a lot of smaller schools, and lose out on the economy of scale in a consolidated school system, where you can have a school with 3,000 students like I went to which offered classes in jazz music, Latin, machine shop, and differential equations. > There is not much sense to force people to pay for local school and pay for private school. Your argument seems to be that public tax money should not go to education. After all, if I have no kids, or my kids have graduated, why should I pay taxes which go to the school system? But in that case, why limit it to education? If I don't have a car, why should I pay taxes that go into highways? If I only buy books, why should I pay taxes which go to the library? If I have a private pool memberhip, why should I pay taxes which go to the city pool that I never use? > just move out and change tax residence Such a comedian! That "just" is neither easy not cheap. Why don't you "just" use the feedback mechanism of bringing things up to your school board and convincing your fellow voters to change things?