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To: Willie Green
"Yep. "Personal responsibility" is just a ruse spewed forth by the extremists who advocate total abolition of public schools. It's a totally irresponsible position. So I suppose you could call it "evil"."

Gee, so I being a person who doesn't have children, who has made an effort to make sure he doesn't have children, and doesn't believe his money should be taken away for solely for use by people who have CHOSEN to have children, is now evil??? I guess I'm the evil clown, then.

It must be nice to live in such a black and white little world:

People who support taxing the childless to pay for education of other people's kids: Good.
People who believe that those who have children are responsible for raising and educating them: Evil

You seem incapable of seeing the forrest for the trees. If the government doesn't seize money to pay for public education (and where I live, they take a lot), then parents have the money to pay for a private education. If more people have more of their own money to spend, economic activity increases, returning more money to the people, creating jobs. People then have money to spend on their children's education.

Here's a hint, Willie: The government doesn't need all the money it spends per pupil to educate them. What costs $10,000 per pupil per year in a government school can be done just as effectively for $2,500 in a private school.

If a couple can't afford to spend $2,500 on their children's education (remember, they have more money now since they're not being taxed for public schoools), then they shouldn't have had children in the first place.

I guess when you have only two simplistic options, 'good' and 'evil', you can't comprehend 'better'.

62 posted on 04/19/2002 1:26:44 PM PDT by good_ash
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To: good_ash
Gee, so I being a person who doesn't have children, who has made an effort to make sure he doesn't have children,

You have our qualified gratitude for your sacrifice.

63 posted on 04/19/2002 1:31:14 PM PDT by Willie Green
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