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Public Schools benefit society by providing common literacy in math, engineering, language, medicine, etc. You probably have benefitted from public schools by utilizing the skills and knowledge of former graduates...maybe a book you read, a car you drove, or a pill you took all helped you and all of society.  With less education available, there is less of this stuff.

Welfare can be thought of as social insurance. Providing some level of insurance allows people to take risks to make themselves better society better. It also allows people to survive while they better themselves.  Think of poor children who can focus on education, rather than on stealing their food.

I think society is better off with these things. We have many benefits from public education.  The post-WWII GI bill is credited with a lot of growth in America. I think crime and distrust will rise without public education and welfare.

Of course, you are likely to find freeloaders everywhere and I am sure you will respond with some answers. There is no perfect answer.

For me, though, this is a moral issue.  I prefer a well-educated and well-fed happy society, so I am willing to pay for it. [/quote]

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