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From: cramer@kontron.UUCP (Clayton Cramer)
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Subject: Re: privatization of education
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> Sorry if this has been mentioned before, but:
> 
> Perhaps a, partial at least, justification of public funding of education
> is that the governmental system itself requires an education.  Democracy
> can't last long when the voting public becomes illiterate.  
> 
> When I say illiterate, I mean to include lack of knowlege/understanding
> of science, literature, history, etc. not just "can't read".
> 
> ...{ucbvax|decvax}!sdcsvax!calmasd!jnp   John M. Pantone @ GE/Calma San Diego

True indeed.  I guess it's time for the government to start funding
education then, because the population is already to this point...
oh, they DO operate schools already?  What went wrong then?

Clayton E. Cramer