[geeks] geeks Digest, Vol 86, Issue 11

[Lionel Peterson]

On Jan 19, 2010, at 10:05 PM, Jonathan Patschke <jp at celestrion.net>  
wrote:

> On Tue, 19 Jan 2010, Lionel Peterson wrote:
>
>>> Or how about let people keep the money they earn and spend it  
>>> educating
>>> their children as they see fit?  Money doesn't have to go through
>>> nearly as many politically-connected hands that way.
>>
>> Doesn't provide for special needs children,
>
> You don't know that.  All it doesn't do is demand that people  
> provide for
> special-needs children at whatever competition-free prices the  
> existing
> school system gets away with charging.
>
> Either people are hard-hearted and do not see the value in helping the
> disabled (in which case, their "representatives" are doing a poor job
> representing them by demanding it), or they do see the value in  
> helping
> the disabled, and would do so without coercion when shown the need and
> given the opportunity.  Given America's history of generosity, I'm
> inclined to have faith in enough people doing the right thing when the
> criminal gang of politicians stops threatening to steal the homes of  
> the
> people who don't "contribute".

Did you just describe an 'optional' school tax to help those who's  
income won't support a self-funded education from the families  
earnings/resources?

And who will determine the needs? Discern 'stupid' from 'learning  
disabled', for instance?

Lionel