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From: laura@utzoo.UUCP (Laura Creighton)
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Subject: Re: \"Why should *my* taxes go for screaming children's education!\"
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Date: Fri, 19-Apr-85 16:26:11 EST
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The question is - is it worthwhile for people to be educated? The overwhelming
response is ``yes''. So there are several avenues with which to address the
question. The first is to get some philanthropists to pay for education. This
works surprisingly well - educating people is something that most people are
willing to shell out for. This is especially true if you have some way of
weeding out those who are going to school to do something other than learn -
for instance to fight in the school corridors. it is difficult to find people
who want to pay for other people to squandor school property and commit
petty (and even no so petty) crimes at schools. Another good way to pay for
education is the way that the armed forces have been doing it for years -
you work for us for X years and we will pay for your education. This works
better at places of higher learning. Finally, if people are very deserving
there may be something to be said to handing them a voucher which can be spent
at the school of their choice. These schemes have been tried on an experimental
basis and seem to work rather well.

Laura Creighton
utzoo!laura