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I don't think most people are comparing now with pre-welfare.  The debate is whether schools should be providing social services (directing time, effort and money away from education).  People can feed and clothe their children with existing social services.  There are several reasons why this might not happen: 1) the family is illegal and does not qualify for public assistance (although between nonenforcement of fraudulent SS numbers and citizen children, this isn't much of a barrier; 2) the family over spends on housing by living in high cost areas (like MoCo); or 3) they misspend the money they do have by focusing on wants instead of needs (cigarettes, soda, etc.).

The question is whether we want to double spend on feeding, clothing, medical care, etc. or not, and risk providing a low quality education to everyone as our systems reorient toward social services.[/quote]

First let's establish that people can feed and clothe their children with existing social services and that this actually is "double spending".

Then let's discuss what happens to the children when people don't (whether or not they can).

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