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[–]Masterblaster 8 insightful - 2 fun8 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 2 fun -  (6 children)

Because you were once a child who attended school. In that sense, everyone is a recipient of public schools.

[–]passionflounderIndependent 6 insightful - 4 fun6 insightful - 3 fun7 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

everyone is a recipient of public schools

It takes half their adult life to recover from the damage.

[–]Canbot 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

If I paid for my own education and that of my kids I would get better education for far less money. The system is a scam for everyone except the leaches.

[–]TemporarilyDeceased 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Oh good, this must mean that everyone should be required to send money to the private school that I went to.

[–]BobOki 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Correct, I was, and my parents paid for it. I don't mind paying taxes for school, it needs to be done for sure, I mind paying the same as parents, or in MANY cases more. I don't have kids, never will have kids, and do not deserve to be fucked in the ass once again because Melinda hooked on crack has 4 kids, or in my actual case, the school has decided the way to go is to blow 80k on a coffee shop in their school while the teachers are underpaid and they have a 7 million surplus. Oh... and they SUE people in the neighborhoods to re-appraise homes to make them pay MORE taxes.

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https://youtu.be/kwU1_plW3L0

[–]Daerice 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yes, exactly. It's a "first world" thing to educate the populace. We can both claim to be a developed nation and discard public education. Criticism of schools is fair. Could we do better? Yes, and we should. Also, even though I'm child-free, I'd rather pay for public school because I don't want to be surrounded by ignorant people - or followed by hordes of homeless, begging children.