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From: geoff@desint.UUCP (Geoff Kuenning)
Newsgroups: net.kids
Subject: Re: school taxes
Message-ID: <205@desint.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 8-Nov-84 23:23:32 EST
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Posted: Thu Nov  8 23:23:32 1984
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In article <419@hogpd.UUCP> smuga@hogpd.UUCP (J.SMUGA) writes:

>I have heard people object to paying school taxes on the grounds
>that they have no children in public school.  I do have children
>in public school, so I'm not very objective on this subject.  
>I'd like to see some discussion of it here.  

Well, I don't have any kids (my worse luck), but here's my answer to those
people:  public education is not for the individual benefit of the children
in the schools, or of their parents.  Public education, like public health,
is a method of ensuring that society can benefit from more productive
people.  When California passed Prop. 13, we dropped from one of the top
school spenders to 49th.  Businesses soon noticed that they couldn't get
the benefits of good universities and public education, and started
locating their plants elsewhere.
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	Geoff Kuenning
	First Systems Corporation
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