Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 8/23/84; site ucbcad.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!zehntel!dual!amdcad!decwrl!decvax!ucbvax!ucbcad!faustus From: faustus@ucbcad.UUCP Newsgroups: net.kids,net.politics Subject: Re: School taxes -- defining the problem Message-ID: <2@ucbcad.UUCP> Date: Sun, 2-Dec-84 14:43:43 EST Article-I.D.: ucbcad.2 Posted: Sun Dec 2 14:43:43 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 5-Dec-84 00:43:19 EST References: <3129@alice.UUCP> Organization: UC Berkeley CAD Group, Berkeley, CA Lines: 16 Xref: watmath net.kids:761 net.politics:6032 > 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? Yes to 2. I don't think that the merits of universal literacy need to be brought up -- an end to compulsory education would mean a return to the dark ages. 3 follows from 2, and I think 1 also follows from 2. If anybody has any ideas about how to do this without government support, I'd be happy to hear them. Wayne