Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site h-sc1.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!whuxl!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!h-sc1!desjardins From: desjardins@h-sc1.UUCP (marie desjardins) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: \"Why should *my* taxes go for screaming children's education!\" Message-ID: <278@h-sc1.UUCP> Date: Wed, 17-Apr-85 12:35:14 EST Article-I.D.: h-sc1.278 Posted: Wed Apr 17 12:35:14 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 19-Apr-85 00:59:00 EST References: <1644@decwrl.UUCP> <5481@utzoo.UUCP> Organization: Harvard Univ. Science Center Lines: 15 > He's not whining, Lisa. The great question is -- just because the > majority believes that funding public education is a good thing -- > does that make it a good thing? The majority has been wrong before. > > Is public education a good thing? Critics claim that it is more > expensive than private education, that it is poorer quality education, > and that it indocrinates children with state supported views. Umm, Laura, who do you propose is going to pay for this private education, or are we going to let those who can't afford it remain uneducated? -- marie desjardins ...!harvard!h-sc4!h-sc1!desjardins