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ict558 wrote:
The wealth of the customer determines the quality of education, just as it determines the quality of home, car, clothes, furniture, etc. As the free market has stratified stores by socioeconomic status, so it will stratify schools.
That is how it should be. Private charities could and probably would exist that would go directly to schools, and I'm sure there would be more than enough people willing to donate considerable amount of money to these charities.
ict558 wrote:
Taxes are factored into people's incomes, when taxation is removed, salaries will fall.
The less taxes there are, the velocity of money increases, growing the economy.
ict558 wrote:
With regards to regulations - is anybody regulating the schools, or are we leaving this to parental oversight?
It is strictly parental oversight. The type of education parents want to provide for there children is strictly their choice, not anyone elses.
ict558 wrote:
Have you an example of a politician committing a criminal fraud or scam?
Yeah, just read the news you can find new examples everyday.
ict558 wrote:
All systems can be gamed. It is not necessary to break the law to achieve an objective.
It depends on whether the majority of people just sit and watch american idol while eating a microwave dinner.
ict558 wrote:
To rephrase your comment on School funding: Lawyers are private, paid for directly. Creating a competitive environment; increasing the quality of, and decreasing the price of, legal services.
Nobody said lawyers would be free. Just the use of the court system. You can make your case without a lawyer but if you want professional consulting then you have to pay for it. Just like any other kind of consulting, you have to pay for it.
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CaptainSeeSharp wrote:
That is how it should be.
Fine, the majority of kids get a Walmart education ...
CaptainSeeSharp wrote:
Private charities could and probably would exist that would go directly to schools
... and the poorest get a Thrift Shop education.
CaptainSeeSharp wrote:
and I'm sure there would be more than enough people willing to donate considerable amount of money to these charities
Sunshine, Lollipops, and Rainbows, everything that's wonderful is sure to come your way ... I hate to rain on your parade, but isn't "Tough, you shouldn't have had kids if you can't afford them." more likely?
CaptainSeeSharp wrote:
The [less fewer] taxes there are, the velocity of money increases, growing the economy.
A strange remark for a disciple of von Mises. However, setting that aside, I have not seen any description of a link between taxation and the Velocity of Money. How many dollars' worth of transactions does $100 of Tax spent by the Government generate? How many dollars' worth of transactions does $100 of Tax Saving spent by its Recipient generate? If that $100 finances $2,000 in transactions in a quarter, each dollar has been used 20 times, its Velocity is 20. Were it to finance $1,000 in transactions, its Velocity would be 10. Even if the Government and the Recipient were to spend that $100 on an identical item, there is no way of knowing how many dollars' worth of subsequent transactions the $100 would generate, so their Velocity is indeterminate. This is why the Velocity is calculated from aggregates, e.g., as a function of GDP and the average total amount of Money in circulation for a given period.
CaptainSeeSharp wrote:
It is strictly parental oversight.
The parents will assess the effectiveness and quality of the teaching?
CaptainSeeSharp wrote:
The type of education parents want to provide for there children is strictly their choice, not anyone [else's].
So there will be many, smaller, schools to cater for different requirements of parents (Religious, Political, Ethnic, ...)?
CaptainSeeSharp wrote:
Yeah, just read the news you can f