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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We have a HHI of around 1M and two kids at a DC private school.  I definitely do not want to subsidize your procreation.  You had four kids.  That choice was yours.  If you can't pay for private school, that is the consequence.  In reality, no family making $65K a year is sending four kids to private school even with aid.  Heck, most families making $1M aren't sending four kids to private school.  Big family=public school.  Or, maybe you can just pick your favorite kid and send that one to private![/quote]
This is perfectly illustrative of the elitist mindset that populates this region.

I personally did not have 4 kid so I don't have to sacrifice one for the other as you're suggesting, but I don't believe kids in that situation should be precluded from the same opportunities that the children of this privileged poster has.

Our tax code recognizes that a family making $1M should pay a higher blended rate than a family making $400k, that a family making $400k should a higher blended rate than one on $150k; and one on $150k should pay more than one on $50k, etc.  It is a drop in the bucket for a family making $1M to afford 2 private tuitions.  (This is addressed partially by schools rightfully shaming them into paying more through donations, though it's not enough).

In my view, the pay system should be graduated at other levels in a manner similar to the tax code.  The main reason this does not occur is that the families making $1M would like the private schools to be filled with similar elite families, along with some token lower SES students to check the diversity box while ensuring that the system keeps their legacy kids on track for HYP.

As is often the case, the proletariat facilitates its own suppression by not questioning the system.[/quote]

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