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If you live in Beverly Hills you might not gain much academic advantage to having your kids in a free market school instead of in a government school. However, you will still be teaching them by example that socialism is right. Look at the attitude in Beverly Hills. The vast majority of people there vote for socialists. The guy in the $800k house is having his lifestyle subsidized by the senior citizen down the block who has no kids in school but has to pay for the schools or lose his home.

You may think that this is what parents should be teaching their children but some here are more conservative than that. We believe in small government and people taking care of their own responsibilities. I'm not surprised that in the "peoples republic of California" you attitude is the attitude of the majority. Look at who your senators are and who your governor is.

No matter how you cut it government schools are welfare. people in $800K houses who have their kids in government schools are on welfare just like the people in the government projects. The only difference is the people in the projects know they are on welfare. Some people in the $800K houses are so uninformed that they don't know thy are on welfare.

Government schools have no place in a free society.

Look at the attitude in Beverly Hills. The vast majority of people there vote for socialists.

The cool thing about FR is that eventually the person you're carrying on a debate with will reveal their profound ignorance about something they know very little about.

For your information, unlike the propaganda that you receive via 'Entertainment Tonight', or whatever else you might be watching on TV, BH is filled with successful professionals (doctors, attorneys) and businesspeople, not just entertainment types.

Sure, there are some 'stars', but they typically prefer greater seclusion in places like Malibu & Brentwood. The end result from this high-achievement environment is that BH has some of the best schools in the country, private or public.

no matter how you cut it government schools are welfare. people in $800K houses who have their kids in government schools are on welfare just like the people in the government projects.

I've got news for you: your property taxes are paying for these schools whether or not your children attend them. And here's another tid-bit: the tax system is a scam. You can either be played by it (ie the 'noble' victim) or be a player. Personally, I'd rather take advantage of that of which I cannot control.

If you want to HS a child or send them to a private school for religious or other personal reasons, fine; just don't try to justify them by comparing their academics vs. public schools in upper-middle class neighborhoods.