[Young Scholar]

My parents "paid for" public schools, even while sending me to a private one. My husband and I "pay for" public schools, even though we never had children. And I don't recall my parents, and certainly not my husband and I, doing all the whining about this that I see on this thread!

Whether or not you cared that you were paying for government services you didn't use, many conservatives advocate a more market-based and equitable education system.

And did you honestly never complain when they raised your property taxes to fund the school district?

[linda_22003]

Nope, honestly never. We live in a very good school district, and people have literally bought houses sight unseen in our neighborhood just to get into that school district.

You say, "many conservatives advocate a more market-based and equitable education system."

Well, which is it? Market-based, or equitable?