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To: The Philosopher who wrote (5143)	5/11/2002 2:41:34 PM
From: Don Lloyd	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 13056

Christopher, Nonsense. If government education were such a valuable good, why are people forced to accept it? True education is self-generating at a time and place of its own choosing, and force is required to restrict it. The level of educational product that results from government schools could be provided privately for one tenth the cost in one tenth the time, except that its vendors would be jailed for fraud for supplying such an abysmal product. Regards, Don

To: The Philosopher who wrote (5143)	5/11/2002 5:29:57 PM
From: Dan B.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13056

Christopher, "take two parents who would rather use their money for buying drink and throwing parties than educating their children." They represent an extreme exception if they won't lift a finger to educate their own children, at least to the level that allows they themselves to afford to throw parties all the time. It is scarcely deniable, that the vast vast majority of parents will make appropriate decisions regarding education for their children. The stark truth is that parents do, will, and have long pay/paid for the education of their children. Therefore, the market system does work for education, IMO. If we wish education providers and methods to evolve maximally, we should allow the market to work. Eventually, methods found to work, can be available for all, cheaply enough for all, making America a better place, IMO. Stepping into free markets is like stepping into a bath- when the dirt is off, you can pay it little mind as it drains away- so don't focus on the unstoppable dirty exceptions, just take a bath, drain the dirt away, and don't throw out the baby with the bath water(did I write that? hoooeeeee! :-)). Freedom Works, Dan B