SpokenTruth said:
VAMatt said:
Unfortunately, it is not possible for healthcare or education to be "made free". They come at a cost. The only thing that government (or any other entity) can do is make other people pay for my healthcare or education. They can't make it free.
It should also be noted that public education is already 100% taxpayer funded up through the 12th grade. It comes at zero out-of-pocket cost to the recipient. Beyond that, for the very poor, higher education is also available at or near zero out of pocket cost. The same is true of healthcare for the very poor.
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Have you seen the difference in the quality of education in a poor neighborhood school versus a rich neighborhood school? Schools are paid for largely by local property taxes.
Take a look at the disparity this creates.
https://www.npr.org/2016/04/18/474256366/why-americas-schools-have-a-money-problem
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Yes. I am very well aware of the terrible schools that poor people are forced to endure. That's why we need to get government out of the education business. They're robbing the poor on both ends by taking their meager funds by force and using it to pay for nearly worthless schools that they are forced to attend.
