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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Free free free. I want everything for me.  I am a parent and you owe me that .

Yee haw! [/quote]

You actually do owe me.  We have no future without children.

Did you go to public school, PP? [/quote]

DP but nope we sure don't. Posting the same question in bad faith about public school over and over again doesn't change that, unfortunately.[/quote]

It’s actually on point.  We, as American taxpayers, fully fund public school education from k thru 12 for the betterment of our society.  Those of us comparing public school with daycare are exactly on point.  Why public school and not daycare?  It’s outdated thinking to say education starts at five.  Learning starts at birth.

It’s a very apt comparison, PP.  Even if you don’t send your kids to public school, you’re still paying for it.  [/quote]

Yes, we are paying for it, and we are paying for ENOUGH. Pay for your own childcare. [/quote]

That doesn’t make sense, PP, any more than “pay for your own child’s elementary school or high school”.  5 is totally arbitrary.  We were able to hire a nanny and now our kids are in private school but I have no issue paying taxes for public education or accredited daycare.  The country does better with educated kids.  [/quote]

Oh please shut up. America is built on a system of counties, small towns, and cities - all of which deploy their own education system and share out spending based on the decisions of a very local population. While County A may spend $2 billion a year and 55% of its tax base on the school system, County B may only elect to spend $100 million and 10% of its tax base. That is up to them and you. We are not obligated to spend more because you don't want to spend a DIME educating or providing resources for your own children from the moment they are born. The rest of American society did not decide to have your child, you did. You can stop spending so much on your vacation funds and instead allocate that to daycare like sane human beings. The entitlement is unreal.[/quote]

You shut up, fool.  We aren’t obligated to educate anyone ever but we do because it’s in the best interest of our country.  It’s the same with prek now and preschool.

I have no issues paying for what’s going to give us healthier, smarter kids.  And I have all grown kids I stayed home with and paid to attend private schools so shut the f up on the “entitlement” crap.  [/quote]

What is wrong with you that you need to name call?  You are wealthy and don't get it.[/quote]

There are low cost ‘private’ schools across this country. One of my friend lives in the Mississippi Delta where the schooling is so bad she was forced to send her kids to small privates. It’s what the parents in places like Pittsburgh or Baltimore do as well.

All that to say - just because PP paid for a basic education for their kids makes them neither discerning nor wealthy. They could just live in a really depressed community with no investment at all in the current 15 years of schooling but somehow PP wants to stretch a thin pot further and make it 18.[/quote]

The only low cost privates in this area are religious.  And, many cannot afford that.

Since you are such a perfect grandma and concerned about child care, why don't you watch the grandkids?[/quote]

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