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To: TimF who wrote (582817)8/26/2010 1:16:07 PM
From: Tenchusatsu  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1573712
 
Tim, I'm fine with government building and maintaining infrastructure. Toll roads is one way to pay for them. Not to mention a great way to encourage mass transit.

I'm also fine with state and local governments funding K-12 education. There's a long history and tradition associated with public schooling, prior to which education was only available to the wealthy minority.

In short, government has always been an instrument by which society is shaped. Limited government doesn't have to be absolute bare-bones minimum government. It just means you draw clear goals and boundaries, then leave the rest to free enterprise.

Tenchusatsu



To: TimF who wrote (582817)9/11/2010 9:12:16 PM
From: combjelly  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1573712
 
"There isn't any good reason why schools should have to be run by governments"

Yes there is, Tim. It isn't like public schools have been around forever. They really didn't take off until the end of the 19th century, and it resulted in a steep decline in illiteracy. Other countries adopted similar programs with the same results.

So yeah, let's go back to high illiteracy rates and an uneducated population. That would be swell...


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