http://www.ednewscolorado.org/2009/11/06/now-its-educations-turn-for-cuts/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=now-it%25e2%2580%2599s-education%25e2%2580%2599s-turn-for-cuts INDenverTimes provides news, insight, perspective and information for Denver and Colorado Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:00:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.ednewscolorado.org/2009/11/06/now-its-educations-turn-for-cuts/comment-page-1/#comment-11187 Hilary Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:24:28 +0000 http://www.ednewscolorado.org/?p=1576#comment-11187 Why are cuts to education more reasonable than taxing yachts, second homes or private school tuition? With all our budget woes, why is taxing the rich a non-starter? Why should the luxuries of the few take precedence over the basic welfare of the society? Is this not a democracy? Does fairness not matter in a democracy? What is going to happen to the children of working-class people who don't have the opportunity to attend private schools? We are chasing a capitalist utopia: no taxes, no regulations, no shared public ownership of resources, no programs to protect the hungry. What makes this any less dangerous than a model where the state owns everything? Why are cuts to education more reasonable than taxing yachts, second homes or private school tuition? With all our budget woes, why is taxing the rich a non-starter? Why should the luxuries of the few take precedence over the basic welfare of the society? Is this not a democracy? Does fairness not matter in a democracy? What is going to happen to the children of working-class people who don’t have the opportunity to attend private schools? We are chasing a capitalist utopia: no taxes, no regulations, no shared public ownership of resources, no programs to protect the hungry. What makes this any less dangerous than a model where the state owns everything?

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