Reply #203: How is that fair? [View All]

Any average citizen who does not have a child has to pay in to the public education system. This is because he or she, even without a child, benefits from an educated (some more than others :)) public. I don't think you have a dispute with this reasoning.

Now lets take another average citizen which is the same as the previous person except that this person has a child. Now they pay in the same amount into the public education system. However, they benefit on two fronts. First, her and her child benefit from having an educated public just the same as the person without a child. Also, she gets a free, cumpulsory public education for her child for free (I understand that there are many expeneses when it comes to education but I am leaving them out because she would pay those regardless of a public or private educational system). If you had your way, this woman would no longer have to chip in towards a public educational system, but only towards her own child's (and her schoolmates') education.

Now the burden has been shifted towards the childless person. Why should he/she have to pay more because you made the free choice to send your child to an alternate educational system? Don't you still benefit just the same on having an educated public? Most agree that changes need to be made.