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To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (41373)	6/21/1999 5:24:00 PM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

By placing my children in e.g. a private Catholic school (K thru 12) I am reducing their demand on the public education system to zero. But then, what about people who never have children and have paid taxes through a whole lifetime where they have placed zero demand on the public education system, and gotten no direct benefit out of the system?

To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (41373)	6/21/1999 5:26:00 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

I think the problem we have here, and I am not willing to quantify it, as I have to start supper, and am already working on peppered moths (not for supper, for an argument with Chuzz) is that residential property taxes don't come close to paying for the demands that residents make on government. We don't really have pay-as-you-go, your annual property taxes pay for a lot of things, not just the schools, so everyone else, including businesses and childless people, pay for the schools. Which doesn't mean that school vouchers are a bad idea. What do you think would be a good thing to fix for a solstice supper? Maybe I'll just order Golden Sun Wheels, aka pizza.

To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (41373)	6/21/1999 5:28:00 PM
From: Bill Ulrich	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Whilst you reduce the demand, you also reduce the scale of economics which helps educate all of our kids. Classrooms are less full—yet the actual costs of running those—keeping in them warm and lit, for example, stay the same. Thus, the amount amortized over each kid actually increases. Whereas a book manufacturer gave a quantity discount on purchases, said school now pays a higher price per unit. Wouldn't matter if we were cranking out kids like rabbits, but our population growth (referring to the US and not a Third World country) is comparatively slow. Thus, you're impairing overall education by taking your own kids private and not contributing to the others—but you wouldn't be if the tax break were not implemented.