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From: wjb@burl.UUCP (Bill Buie)
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Subject: Re: School taxes -- defining the problem
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Date: Mon, 3-Dec-84 12:12:05 EST
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At the risk of becoming a target...

1) The simple fact is that in terms of raw ability, all men are NOT
   created equal.

2) The ideal society allows each man an equal opportunity to rise to
   his own level of competence.  Everybody deserves a chance.

There is no way to avoid perpetuating unfairness without public
education.  Them what has, gets.  Note also that it is in the best
interests of society in general that the most talented people (as
opposed to the people with the wealthiest parents, which isn't the
same thing) get the education to be engineers, managers, doctors,
etc.

If everybody had a fair chance, then everybody would deserve what
they got as a result of it.
-- 

				--Bill Buie