You claimed poverty was the result of poor choices. By your logic, even a baby or child born into a poor family made the choice to do so. No one said anything about their choices once they come of age. But you'd have to be as blind as a bat to think that being born in those circumstances doesn't at the very least present some challenges to getting ahead. Poor people, for example, don't tend to live in large mansions in great neighborhoods with well-funded schools., but again, that's their fault for not choosing to do so.
Now most people would say that only an ignorant fool would believe that a rich child and a poor child occupy the same level playing field when it comes to getting ahead in life. Neither George W. Bush or Mitt Romney had to work to pay for college; their daddies paid for them, so all they had to do was go to classes, party, and bang beaver. And those same daddies helped to put them in charge of their own businesses afterwards. But then they chose the right daddies, didn't they?
Oh, and the reason we spend money on pubic schools is because not everyone can afford to send their children to private schools, and no proposed voucher program has ever come close to providing the tuitiion needed to attend private schools. But voucher programs would indeed help rich people by subsidising the tuition they already pay, giving them an even greater start in life! Public education also keeps children off the streets, and teaches them to read, write and do math. But of course we could always return to the old system of putting children whose parents can't afford private school tuition into unpaid factory jobs. Then it will REALLY be their own fault if they don't choose to get ahead.
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Date: 2013-02-26 10:51 am (UTC)Now most people would say that only an ignorant fool would believe that a rich child and a poor child occupy the same level playing field when it comes to getting ahead in life. Neither George W. Bush or Mitt Romney had to work to pay for college; their daddies paid for them, so all they had to do was go to classes, party, and bang beaver. And those same daddies helped to put them in charge of their own businesses afterwards. But then they chose the right daddies, didn't they?
Oh, and the reason we spend money on pubic schools is because not everyone can afford to send their children to private schools, and no proposed voucher program has ever come close to providing the tuitiion needed to attend private schools. But voucher programs would indeed help rich people by subsidising the tuition they already pay, giving them an even greater start in life! Public education also keeps children off the streets, and teaches them to read, write and do math. But of course we could always return to the old system of putting children whose parents can't afford private school tuition into unpaid factory jobs. Then it will REALLY be their own fault if they don't choose to get ahead.