Well, let’s think about this?
Single people don’t impose a burden on the public school system. They should get a tax break.
Yes, let's think about this. You can take your examples to the extreme, but they are not helpful. The state as a whole has taken on the responsibility to provide education for all kids. Agreed?
Now, the public school system is overcrowded, inneficient etc. so anything you can do to remove some of the burden is good, and will also introduce some competition. I think this is good.
Now on the tax break. Since everyone in the state has taken on the burden of educating kids, everyone shares the load. The parent that homeschools pays the same load as everyone else (fulfilling their obligation) AND THEN pays for materials to educate their kid. They are paying twice - to educate everyone else's kid, then on top of that, they are paying to educate their own, while at the same time removing the burden of their kids on the system.
Your example of the single person (gay person, whatever) does not apply. They are paying their shared load, just like the home schooling parent. Why should they get a tax break? They have not removed a kid from the system, and they have not paid to educate anyone on top of their shared responsibility.
I know you're going to come back with "they COULD have a kid in the system and DON'T, so therefore they should get a break too". Again, this does not apply as they can have a kid get educated if they wanted to, and they are bound by the idea of the state providing education to everyone.
If they don't want to pay for education when they don't have kids, they need to get rid of the idea of public schools altogether. I would disagree with this position, but they are welcome to fight that fight if they want.
Brian |
