A childless 90 year old couple have paid tax all their lives and have taken nothing out of the public school system they've funded. They don't deserve anything back as a result any more than a couple who've paid tax AND choose private education. That was my point.
Shami Chakrabarti has undermined the education system she argues for | Frances Ryan When people like Chakrabarti siphon their children into grammars and private schools, they weaken their local comprehensive www.theguardian.com “I have real concerns about grammar schools,” the new shadow attorney general said on ITV’s Peston on Sunday when asked about Labour’s opposition to selective education – before admitting she in fact sends her own son to a private school. That’s the prestigious Dulwich College at a cost of £18,000 a year.
True, but the option is there if that couple did have children.
If you have children and don’t use the state system, you are saving the state a lot of money.
Labour will lose this saving and contribute to oversize classes in our state schools.
Agreed. He won’t get anything in return but increased costs. Besides it’s pie in the sky. The education system can’t cope with demand as it is, let alone having an influx of those who otherwise would have been self funding.
We have to agree to disagree then, as it is irrefutable that those who choose private education as paying twice in my opinion. Well unless they are those who get it for free.
I didn't say they weren't paying twice... Of course they are. I said the fact they are is irrelevant. That's their choice. They're paying twice and (arguably) getting a better education for their children. They don't deserve anything back as a result.
Author: Pacifico
26-11-2019 00:45:16
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