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From: mmt@dciem.UUCP (Martin Taylor)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: education
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Date: Tue, 4-Dec-84 17:11:32 EST
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Posted: Tue Dec  4 17:11:32 1984
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> There was once a consensus in this society that *everyone* benefits
> from universal education. Free public education has been one of the
> great wellsprings of economic opportunity and social mobility in this 
> country.  If public funding for education is ceased, it seems almost
> certain that the children of the poor will remain ignorant and poor,
> and the childern of the rich will be groomed to take Daddy's place
> at the top of the neofeudalist heap.  Is that the kind of world in 
> which we want to live?
> 
>                                         Baba

It's worse than that, because rich Daddy's children won't be much
better off than the present poor, not having a reasonably educated
population to work for them.  I think there still is a concensus that
anyone's education is to everyone's benefit.  A few people who seem
to disagree make a lot of noise, but I doubt that the noise does more
than disturb the peace of mind of those who believe in reason.
-- 

Martin Taylor
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