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To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (16455)	7/2/2002 3:39:47 PM
From: Original Mad Dog	Read Replies (1) of 21057

No disorders here, sir....just a powerful instinct to take the opposite side of your position. Then I realized you were right about this one. Imagine that! This applies to any scarce resource. The free market handles the rationing task. That glosses over the toughest issue. I live in a good public school district. Kids in neighboring towns would flock here if given the chance and the funding. Right now we have about 400 kids in each grade level, and it would be tough to stuff in more than another 30 or so without causing class sizes to get out of hand. Every single classroom in every single building is being taken. Under a voucher system with complete mobility, a classic scarce resource. How should the market allocate this resource? Should I get first dibs on the school for my puppies, since I live here (and pay taxes to this district)? Should there be a lottery, and if my kids don't get in, TFB...go find another school? Should the "market" ration the slots by price? What about racial diversity? Ethnic diversity? Access to special needs students? Should admission be by testing, so they can get only the most academically talented students? Who should decide which system should be used to allocate this resource? Should the school decide? The evil "bureaucrats" <"Hello, my name is Laz, and I'm a 'B-your-oh-krat'")? I don't think you can just blithely say that the "market" will solve these problems. If you are going to upend the current system, then I think the outline of a general approach to these issues is crucial to public acceptance and fair outcomes.

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