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0 pointsjohnnybgoode17y ago0 comments

Well, it makes me angry that so many people have been made worse off in the name of helping them.

With regard to the school system in particular, I would suggest completely cutting off all government benefits - direct funding, indirect funding, accreditation approval, credentialist laws, licensing laws, everything. If only that were all it took. ;)

Before you downvote to disagree, he did ask!

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Retric17y ago· 1 in thread

Why would you think removing government funding would reduce the ability of rich people to send their kids to high quality schools, or help poor people go to good schools?

johnnybgoodeOP17y ago

That's not exactly my position. I don't think authoritarian schools as we know them today should exist. I'd like to see lower cost, higher quality, and much more variety, innovation, and experimentation in education. Government involvement hinders all of those things.

dbul17y ago· 1 in thread

Thank you for answering. (I'm not sure why a legitimate question and a legitimate answer would be downvoted.)

johnnybgoodeOP17y ago

No problem. I'm not sure either, so I upvoted your question.

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