We don’t need socialized schools to remain economically competitive any more than we need socialized medicine to remain economically competitive, although that is one of the arguments the national socialists are using to push Obama Care.
And just because we’ve had bad policy for 150 years doesn’t mean we should keep it. We were under a king for more than 150 years but we changed that.
One of the worst aspects of socialized schooling is it teaches kids by example that socialism is acceptable. It sets in motion the thought that if we have government education, why not have government medicine, and government housing, and government food, etc.
Nobody puts a gun to people’s heads and forces them into government housing projects either. Like putting kids in government schools it is a choice.
I commend you for using capitalist schools rather than having your lifestyle subsidized by others. Everyone should follow your example.
I was not making a political statement to send my kids to private school. My decision was based on demographics, both of our area public schools and of the private schools I sent my kids to.
And rest assured that no one where I live, including the publically schooled (and I went to public HS) believs in either government medicine or government housing.