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From: ark@alice.UUCP (Andrew Koenig)
Newsgroups: net.kids,net.politics
Subject: School taxes -- defining the problem
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Date: Sat, 1-Dec-84 11:55:41 EST
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Posted: Sat Dec  1 11:55:41 1984
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There are really three separate issues to be considered
when thinking about education:

	1. Should the government be in the school business?

	2. Should everyone be required to go to school?

	3. Should people be forced to pay for others' education?

Question 1 is completely independent of 2 and 3.  An answer of
"yes" to question 2 implies an answer of "yes" to question 3,
because some people would otherwise not be able to pay for their
compulsory education. On the other hand, if your answer to
question 2 is "no", then you might answer "yes" or "no" to 3.

I think any discussion of these issues will be better conceived
if it takes this separation into account.

Further discussion in net.politics, please.