Well technically an economy based on consumption requires a working class that is doing well, i.e. somehow those people making money and spending it on real estate/luxury items have to subsidize the poor to make the cake bigger as a whole.

That's a retarded statement. If education was so valuable then parents would bid up salaries for private school teachers and force up pay in the public sector. If anything, taxpayers are overpaying. Taxpayer preference provides a floor, not a ceiling.

Parents don't get the benefit of food they give their kids either, but we trust they'll feed their kids in almost all cases. Ignorance is a hell of a lot less damaging than malnutrition.

The value of educating a child does not equal what their parents will pay. Are children with poor parents worth almost nothing? And since public schools don't charge tuition private schools are at a disadvantage. The private school teacher has to be worth thousands of dollars more for someone's child's education than the public school teacher. So unless private school teachers are worth A LOT more people won't switch to private schools and won't drive up the salaries in private schools.

That's me. But you have a bigger dick http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...lies/frown.gif

I pursue a career which fulfills me personally, is interesting to me personally, and pays well.

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I think what he is saying is that it has a high return on investment over the long term and is emotionally satisfying even though the direct economic impacts don't develop until decades later (when the kids grow up and start working themselves). I can easily see why many people would consider that a rewarding and necessary career which positively impacts many lives even if the immediate economic benefit is not apparent.

Only an idiot wouldn't be selfish. http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...milies/mad.gif

All you have in this world is yourself, take care of it first. http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...milies/mad.gif

i didn't mean it as an insult

I mean ****, you can do 3 commercials and make $100,000. SAG wages for major features START at $700/day, and even some off-Broadway shows pay $1500/week

None of y'all have a clue as to my actual beliefs. http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...lies/smile.gif

KH doesn't have me fooled. He's still far too Canadian to actually be one of the good guys.

The good guys aren't fascists.

The last I heard from you, you were fellating Trudeau and talking up the NDP...

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You knob.

Yep, suck it!http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...es/biggrin.gif