**** Elections thread *****

[CoccoBill]

Do you think the US government lies about things?

Government is made up of people, people lie, so in the sense of course. Generally as a whole, as part of some official agenda or policy, I don't think they lie on a consistent and purposeful sense, except for the past few weeks.

Critical of the government? Lots. People don't like being taxed, told what to do by what is essentially an outsider, etc..

How does that relate to private schools?

Critical in general? That incentive exists too, due to things like schools in a private system only receiving funds if they have a reputation of getting the kinds of results consumers want. One of those results can be parents' kids learning how to be critical.

Why wouldn't or at least couldn't that work exactly the same with a public school? Private schools only receive parts of their funding from the government or not at all, they're less dependent on it. Public schools that don't meet targets can also get their board changed or the whole school closed down, and conversely are also incentivized to attract students.

[wufwugy]

Government is made up of people, people lie, so in the sense of course. Generally as a whole, as part of some official agenda or policy, I don't think they lie on a consistent and purposeful sense, except for the past few weeks.



How does that relate to private schools?



Why wouldn't or at least couldn't that work exactly the same with a public school? Private schools only receive parts of their funding from the government or not at all, they're less dependent on it. Public schools that don't meet targets can also get their board changed or the whole school closed down, and conversely are also incentivized to attract students.

Entities within a private system are funded like private businesses. A public system is funded by tax collection. In the last five years, how many private businesses do you think have gone bankrupt? How many governments?

[CoccoBill]

Entities within a private system are funded like private businesses. A public system is funded by tax collection. In the last five years, how many private businesses do you think have gone bankrupt? How many governments?

I think comparing a private school to the whole government is a false equivalence. How many public schools have been closed or principals/board members/teachers fired? Bankruptcy is not the only negative outcome. How many bankruptcies has Trump gone through and how have they affected his career and business practices?