Part of the problem is that, as in so many other areas of life, the cost of irresponsibility has been shifted to the taxpayer. I don't know whether the chicken or the egg came first, but when we started allowing the government to "help" the unsuccessful, we made it a cheap option to be unsuccessful.
This is why my insanely radical proposal for education, employment, medical care, eating, whichever and whatall, is "Private pay or private charity."
Part of the problem is that, as in so many other areas of life, the cost of irresponsibility has been shifted to the taxpayer.
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Exactly! Government education is welfare!
What’s next? Compulsory attendance grocery stores because some parents don’t or can’t feed their kids? Why not compulsory occupancy of cement block government apartment housing because some parents can’t and won’t properly house their kids. Should we insist on government clothing because parents of some kids can’t or won’t buy clothes.