That's how "progressives" do it - they keep hammering at "issue" until the sentiment changes, the difference being they have to make up and/or lie about the "issue" while here the issue / the problem / the "nail" is obvious - it just needs a hammer.
Welfare moms would find out the Big Education costs them nothing...
Welfare moms should find out and understand how much it really costs them - in increased prices from "third parties" passing the taxes and fees onto their bills and their children reduced to life in a welfare state because of poor education while the "government worker" (teacher or school administrator) gets a great retirement package and summer vacations.
Taxpayers without kids would get reminded that they are getting hosed.
That's exactly the idea - if they keep getting reminded, they might just decide to do something about it... If they don't get reminded, they'll keep voting for next increase of taxes "for schools," and the next one...
And rich people would probably reduce their private philanthropy when they realize how many kids they're already supporting.
They'll raise the prices for the services and products, passing the taxes on the middle class and welfare moms, to keep up with margin squeeze due to taxes and pay for their children's private schools... or they'll take their "marbles" and relocate them to less taxing, more hospitable state. But they are the smaller percentage of population, so they don't usually carry the brunt of education taxes as much as the other ones.
Gotta have a hammer and keep hammering the issue... they don't call them the "activists" for nothing, that's how they make money by convincing people that they get something "for free" or "from the rich". Show them how much it costs them, in money now and later and in the future (or lack of it) of their children.
I agree with you both. Yes we should expose the costs, even the hidden costs for welfare moms buying toilet paper!!!!
What I’m trying to expand on, though, ties in with the Stossell post about credit card fees/credit card protection act that costs us more.
In fact, it costs the lowest income people the most because they end up paying 500% interest rates on paycheck loans and at pawn shop loan sharks...
...AND THEY DON’T UNDERSTAND IT OR EVEN CARE.
Tell these people that toilet paper costs more because government education costs everyone eventually, and they’ll DEMAND that politicians subsidize toilet paper for them and raise taxes on the RICH!
I mean, look at home many supposedly conservative and fiscally rational freepers on the Stossell thread have their pitchforks out for the evil creditcard companies who simply responded rationally to irrational laws, and not the Dems who made things worse in the first place.
Again. I agree with your intent, to expose the costs of government education/anything. But what I think you’re overlooking is that it only works for people who are able to operate on the info. There’s a large amount of people in a bizarre world who DO NOT CARE how much things cost. They ONLY CARE that they are getting The View on the big screen TV.