Dirt poor?

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Radar, some kids have parents that are dumber than blocks of wood. Their children wouldn't learn to read if it was not for public education obligating those parents to take their children to school. Even then, these kids struggle because at home, education is not given any respect. Your brand of crazy would give those parents the freedom to give their children NO education whatsoever. That doesn't fly in my book, even if I have to pay a tax to insure the system is in place to guarantee education is available to everyone. You want to home school or private school, fine, but there has to be a way to insure that ALL children get educated. Here we can argue if the childless should have to pay into this, but that does not change the fact that this should exist even if only parents were obligated to pay into it.

Then we have the issue the disabled, the sick, the elderly. The government (if it worked properly), is a safety net for these people. Your brand of crazy would say these people are fucked if they have no insurance or family. That doesn't fly in my book, even if I have to pay a tax to insure the system is in place to provide a safety net for those who need it. And this should not be an optional charity donation. Everyone runs the risk of falling into an illness where the cost to get out is insurmountable, so everyone should pay into this safety net.


I'm not saying this bloated, bureaucratic mess of a government is doing a great job in the above functions, but a more ideal government would provide these functions efficiently.