Why is the United States so segregated?

[VAMatt]

SpokenTruth said:

VAMatt said:

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.

But government (federal) is only responsible for about 10% of a school's budget.  The rest is state and local (property taxes).  Getting the federal government out of the picture would only harm the poor schools because they help add some balance to the local property tax imbalance.

All government should get out of the picture.  Government at all levels has proven to be very bad at educating, relative to the private sector.  They provide, in many cases, one-size-fits-none garbage that only meets the official standards because they cheat test scores on behalf of students.  Government schools regularly push students through the system without educating them.  It is a sick joke.  Or, it would be, if it was funny.  But, its not funny.  It's fucked up.  They literally force people to pay for something, then they do not provide it.  Its robbery, plain as day.  You or I, or a group of us from VGC would be put in prison if we opened a school, forced the people in the neighborhood to pay for it, forced them to go to it, and gave them diplomas based on fake test scores.  For some reason, we allow government to continue doing this to people.  Worse yet, not only do we allow it.  Some of us push for government to take an even bigger role.  

I want people to get a quality education.  That's why I oppose government schools.