Neoliberalism: The Ideology That Dares Not Speak Its Name

[The Wonkette]

(12-30-2016, 07:04 PM)Warren Dew Wrote: Public schools worked well when women were shut out of the vast majority of careers, and were expected to accept being underpaid in those that were available, such as teaching in public schools, so those schools could have their pick of smart women that made good school teachers.

That's no longer true today, and I suspect that you don't advocate going back to shutting women back out of other careers any more than I do.

The benefits of having a market in schooling and the benefits of universal schooling could easily be combined by replacing public schools with voucher systems.

And how will private schools be able to attract quality teachers any more than public schools?

In order to have quality public goods that everyone can benefit from, you have to spend money. That goes with water supply or education. In education, if you go the voucher route, you have to ensure that the vouchers are large enough that families with limited resources are able to obtain the same quality education that those with more resources have. With water, you have to spend the money to have clean water. It doesn't matter if you contract it out or run it through government; money still has to be spent.

Public goods are not like flat screen TVs or iPhones; they benefit all of the public and thus need to be publicly funded. Do you disagree with that?