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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Taking the position that education that costs at least $60k in post-tax income annually isn't a luxury good is classic DCUM. [/quote]

This. And OP said nothing about the kids having any special needs. Most kids are getting into the same college regardless of whether they go public or private. Many kids are happy, adjusted, and thriving in public school. [/quote]

It is surreal that there are PPs who seem to genuinely not understand such a basic point.[/quote]

The debate about private school as a luxury good was in response to a PP who said that she used private school because the school couldn't accommodate her kid who is dyslexic. And then some PP who won the Nobel Prize in Econ 101 has spent a bunch of time weighing in to educate us all about luxury goods.[/quote]

I'm the PP who has a dyslexic kid and of course private school is a luxury good. It is bizarre that you are arguing otherwise. [/quote]

But you said that the public school couldn't accommodate your child. If that's true, then private school is not a "luxury" any more than an outfitted van for a wheel chair is a "luxury." Words have meanings.[/quote]

I'm going with the meaning used by economists. The phrase "luxury good" is a term out of economics. It's a luxury good. I honestly do not understand how you can think otherwise. [/quote]

Are you an economist? I find that hard to believe. Nor would an economist define an accommodation for a disability as a luxury. I mean, no economist other than you.[/quote]

This thread is getting off topic, and I am not going to post further on this subject here. You are just flatly wrong. You should probably take some classes in microeconomics.[/quote]

While the nasty tone of your responses is pretty off topic, the central issue is directly on point.

You consider private school a luxury good (or service) simply because it is expensive and there is a public alternative. Putting aside the fact that you are wrong (and completely illogical and defensive), your lack of understanding of the economic issue actually elucidates the key dispute in this thread--is a private school education simply a status symbol luxury good, like a Porsche? It depends on the child and the needs. Many people (not me, actually) send their kids to private school because the public school is wholly unacceptable or ineffective. What OP doesn't mention is why his wife views the public school as a bad option. He merely looks at it as an unnecessary expense. It might be, but it might not be.

I suspect that your lack of understanding of this key point about the importance of an appropriate education has a lot to do with your defensiveness and general lack of understanding of the economics, not to mention the meaning of the word luxury itself.[/quote]

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