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By David Leyonhjelm, published 7/6/2017There are thousands of extremely well off parents who send their children to government schools. It's not fine that these parents receive the same taxpayer-funded support as poor parents.
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Posted by runner, Wednesday, 7 June 2017 11:05:52 AM
This is what I call a delusional concept. The main reason is that it does not save anyone any money.
Someone has to pay for the education, in many third world countries the only people who are educated are wealthy, whilst the poor remain illiterate.
A public education is much cheaper for everyone when compared to the costs of a private education in Australia.
Getting rid a public system, may save the government money, but then it is unlikely they will reduce taxation, so then parents would have to pay more directly to educate their children. So it transfers the costs on to the parent/s.
Which in the end costs them more money.