tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post8446292424599325751..comments2024-03-26T04:19:38.862-07:00Comments on kitchen table math, the sequel: Middle Class EntitlementCatherine Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03347093496361370174noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post-12045804748586936732011-04-20T13:57:52.808-07:002011-04-20T13:57:52.808-07:00No, it doesn't. Poor kids get vouchers. Food S...No, it doesn't. Poor kids get vouchers. Food Stamps, EBT, WIC, housing vouchers. Transfer payments exist. And they could exist for schooling, too.Allisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01760659382790453648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post-90163976264538818562011-04-20T13:27:12.132-07:002011-04-20T13:27:12.132-07:00Contrary to what you may think, there are a lot of...Contrary to what you may think, there are a lot of poor kids who can't afford shoes or food in, GASP! the US... which kind of ruins your entire argumentAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post-55016769834713561742009-06-27T21:16:44.900-07:002009-06-27T21:16:44.900-07:00Well theoretically education would be an underallo...Well theoretically education would be an underallocated service, so the theoretical remedy is to afford a degree of public subsidy on those private enterprises providing said good. <br /><br />I kind of believe in picking our battles. School vouchers and responsible use of education funds first, then we can work on tweaking the amount we allocate to education later. Only when education funds use is efficient can we work on reducing universal funding.le radical galoisienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14684821442296479803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post-73615036607240418762009-06-24T11:51:02.036-07:002009-06-24T11:51:02.036-07:00Except that if someone buys a lousy pair of shoes,...Except that if someone buys a lousy pair of shoes, nobody suffers except for the individual wearing them. We all suffer if children are not educated well enough to be productive members of society as adults. <br /><br />I do believe in choice in education, but I'm not willing to hand it over entirely to the free market. <br /><br />I'd like to see it more like food or housing, where there is a certain amount of government oversight (i.e. FDA regulations, local building codes, etc) and assistance programs for the poor (WIC, food stamps, Section 8 rent vouchers, etc). But for those presumed to be able to afford them, the responsibility is on the individual families.Crimson Wifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03254830856234479999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post-44826888693064811852009-06-24T03:53:34.983-07:002009-06-24T03:53:34.983-07:00Even more ironic than Allison's wonderful take...Even more ironic than Allison's wonderful take on irony is that my 'poor' children have as many as three pairs of shoes. One pair is for going to school. One is for classes and the third is for gym.<br /><br />OBTW none of them go for under a hundred bucks. Just another manifestation of entitlement. This, in a 'failing' district that periodically runs out of pencils and paper.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com