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Dan.... · #9 (**permalink**) 07-20-2007, 09:14 AM

#5.

To me it comes back to the question of whether the governments (whether local, state or federal) are charity organizations. Charity is a good thing, but it should not be forced on the taxpayer.

Not only, but as a taxpayer, I am being forced to fund the teaching of philosophical views that I consider unacceptable. (I put this in the same category as government funding for abortion. I should not have to pay for abortions, nor should I have to pay to have children taught immoral philosophies).

As for the expense of paying for private education, I note that I pay approx $3200 per year to the local school district (via property tax). That is not to mention whatever I pay in income taxes for education. This I have been paying long before my children are of school age, and probably, will be paying long after. I also note that private education costs typically start between $2500 and up per student:

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...if that $3200+ in education tax were still in our pockets (where it should be), maybe we'd be more able to afford private education.

Note the following article in which local private educators were more efficient per student than local public educators:

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There are different price tags at various schools, just as there are different price tags at various auto dealerships, or different grades of fuel at a gas station. You can pay for an 87 octane education for your child, or a 92 octane education.

In the private sector, the schools answer to the customer, i.e., the parent. Those schools with higher standards have a draw to the parent that schools with lower standards may not have. If a school wants to stay in business, they will figure out how to balance their quality of education with the price tag.