Why privatize education?

kelli lundgren:

Something is wrong with conservatives' free market argument for privatization of Utah's public schools as promoted by several Republican legislators and their ally, the corporate lobbyist American Legislative Exchange Council, or ALEC.

If a free market were truly free, by definition our society would need to completely remove education from federal and state control, including eliminating funding by taxes.

Vouchers could not be used. This, too, pools society's money for redistribution. No, for pure competition, a family would need to use its own direct tax savings to pay for the education of each child. Conservatives may respond, "Federal and state governments still need to collect taxes, but then distribute the money for private schools of choice."

Posted by Jim Zellmer at June 3, 2012 4:13 AM
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