roughbarked said:

captain_spalding said:

diddly-squat said:

the subsidies to private schools thing is always brought up and while I agree more money into public education is good thing, I’m not sure just turning off all funding into the private system is the answer either.

like all things, it’s balancing act.

Millie didn’t say ‘cut of the subsidies’. She said ‘wind them back’.

She’s saying there’s $21 billion to be had there, just by not giving them as much as they’re currently getting.

Nods.

wait but what if we public funded private schools as much as we public funded public schools, would that save public money or would it cost public money

disclaimer yes yes we know, the answer is that we would get the most public money if we just funded private schools even more, because everyone knows that when you free up money among the privileged, they go and engage in more economic activity and pay more tax and the greater cash flow trickles its way down into the public purse in even greater amounts