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Tulsa public schools just voted to go 100% virtual for the first 9 weeks
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<blockquote data-quote="osupoke" data-source="post: 3401272" data-attributes="member: 18400"><p>Your desire to see children succeed is admirable, but I'm not sure these comparisons are your strongest argument. A co-worker tried to use the same basic argument with me about socialized medicine (don't we pay taxes to drive on highways; why shouldn't we pay taxes for everyone's healthcare?)</p><p></p><p>Common sense would indicate that some things can reasonably be considered an individual responsibility/expense, and not others. Should we all pitch in to build an interstate highway that we can all drive on? Sure, many of us benefit directly from it and the magnitude of the expense is such that none of us can pay for it ourselves. Should we all pitch in to pay for my doctor's visit? Or my kid's lunch? No, only my family directly benefits from those things. They are my INDIVIDUAL responsibilities, and with a little budgeting they are manageable expenses for one individual/family.</p><p></p><p>We can indirectly claim that almost anything is for the public good, and if we follow that line of reasoning we are quickly all the way down the socialist rabbit hole.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="osupoke, post: 3401272, member: 18400"] Your desire to see children succeed is admirable, but I'm not sure these comparisons are your strongest argument. A co-worker tried to use the same basic argument with me about socialized medicine (don't we pay taxes to drive on highways; why shouldn't we pay taxes for everyone's healthcare?) Common sense would indicate that some things can reasonably be considered an individual responsibility/expense, and not others. Should we all pitch in to build an interstate highway that we can all drive on? Sure, many of us benefit directly from it and the magnitude of the expense is such that none of us can pay for it ourselves. Should we all pitch in to pay for my doctor's visit? Or my kid's lunch? No, only my family directly benefits from those things. They are my INDIVIDUAL responsibilities, and with a little budgeting they are manageable expenses for one individual/family. We can indirectly claim that almost anything is for the public good, and if we follow that line of reasoning we are quickly all the way down the socialist rabbit hole. [/QUOTE]
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