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To: FJB who wrote (54067)	10/2/2013 3:13:41 PM
From: TimF	1 Recommendation Recommended By FJB Respond to of 85487

Don't they notice that cellphones, cars and air conditioning keep improving yet "poor" people are able to buy them? No. They don't understand that market competition helps everyone, especially the poor. "Queen Elizabeth owned silk stockings. The capitalist achievement does not typically consist in providing more silk stockings for queens but in bringing them within the reach of factory girls in return for steadily decreasing amounts of effort." - Joseph Schumpeter

To: FJB who wrote (54067)	10/2/2013 6:37:07 PM
From: koan	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 85487

I think you need a history lesson. It was the growth of compulsory education (public or private) and the public school system that allowed huge jumps in the number of kids being educated. Home schooling never compared to public schools in the numbers of people educated. It was also the GI bill and public colleges that got so many adults educated after WWII. And most schools are run by local school boards elected by the people. So all public schools are run at the local level. It called democracy and nothing works better for educating large numbers of kids in society. I don't think you like democracy? And the only people I ever found who did not like public schools were the ones who failed at school. None of my friends or family had any complaints about public schools. But then they didn't fail at it either.