Reopening Schools

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(07-15-2020, 12:19 PM)fredtoast Wrote: The single biggest reform that could help alleviate poverty would be to have all public schools equally funded by the state instead of having the richest kids have superior schools. This would actually require amending some state constitutions but it would be worth it.  And I don't know how wealthy people could object to equal opportunity for all.

This might be worth its own thread.

(07-15-2020, 12:21 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: It might be, because I can tell you how they can object to that. Capitalism requires winners and losers, and those already winning don't want losers to start winning, because then they win less. So equal opportunity is not something they support.

Yes. If we truly viewed all of our citizens as deserving of equal opportunity, this could happen. But alas, I just don't find that spirit. No matter what other gripes we may have with folks of differing views, I view this as a travesty that can only be overcome with a change in perspective. Unless the whole nation sees it as a national stain that children growing up in impoverished communities are mostly consigned to that same existence because of a lack of quality education, this problem cannot be solved. Not talking about subsidizing adults here, but simply providing poor kids the same quality of education as wealthy ones can easily eradicate a lot of poverty in a generation or two. And in the long run strengthen the country as a whole.