Private Schools

Here is an article I got for you folks from the Liberator Online e-newsletter, a service provided by the Advocates for Self-Government.  You can read about it and sign up here: 
http://www.theadvocates.org/publications/liberator-online.html


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"Surprising Facts About Private Schools

Private schools are good for families, good for kids and good for America,
according to the Council for American Private Education (CAPE), an organization
that champions American private K-12 education.

But you may be surprised at just *how* beneficial and effective private schools
are. According to CAPE:

* One in four U.S. schools is a private school.

* One child in nine attends a private school.

* Private schools produce an annual savings to taxpayers estimated at more than
$48,000,000,000.

* Private school students perform better than their government school
counterparts on standardized achievement tests.

* Ninety percent of private high school graduates attend college, compared to
66 percent of government high school graduates.

* Private school students from low socio-economic backgrounds are more than
three times more likely than comparable government school students to attain a
bachelor's degree by their mid-20s, meaning that private schools contribute to
breaking the cycle of poverty for their students.

* Private schools are racially, ethnically, and economically diverse. Twenty-
three percent of private school students are students of color; twenty-eight
percent are from families with annual incomes under $50,000.

* Private secondary school students are nearly 50 percent more likely to take
AP or IB courses in science and math than government school students.

* The participation of private school students in community service projects is
significantly higher than their government school counterparts.

* Private school students feel safer in their schools, and *are* safer, than
students in government schools.

* A study by the National Center for Education Statistics found that more than
three-quarters of private school parents are "very satisfied" with their
child's school, compared with less than half of parents whose children were
assigned to a government school

.. and that's just the beginning, according to CAPE. (The statements above are
fully documented at the organization's Web site, at the URL just below.)

No wonder, then, that -- to cite another CAPE statistic -- a substantial
majority of adults believe private schools do a better job of providing a
quality education than government schools. And that belief, in turn, is fueling
increased demand among parents for alternatives to the government's education
monopoly.

(Source: CAPE report at: http://www.capenet.org/benefits4.html )"

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"medical treatment as a whole should be a right, not something you need to exchange money for individually."

So you have the right to enslave doctors and force them to care for you? Now you say:  'no stupid, taxes will pay for that, lol', and then I say, 'so you are going to enslave the rest of the population and make *them* pay for it for you?'

You see, a right is a freedom of action.  The right to medical care means you have the right to go earn your own money, and buy it.  The 2nd amendment says I have the right to keep and bear arms.  This doesn't give me the freedom to take someone's money so I can buy a gun.  It does give me the freedom to buy a gun in a voluntary private manner with money I've earned myself. 

You cannot have the 'right' to medical care.  In a free society, there is no such thing as the 'right' to enslave.

The founding fathers of the USA were very careful in their wording.  For example, note the wording in the right to the pursuit of happines.  The phrase says one has the right to *pursue* happiness.  It does not mean that everyone else must make one happy.. or provide goods and services for him against their will. 

"of course hospital workers need payment, but to think if you have a medical condition that cannot be performed on because you havn't the fund to pay for the procedure is wrong."

Many hospitals will take you in and treat you anyways.  Regardless, they don't have to if they don't want to.  Each individual should have (more or less) the right to be free from coercion, violence, force, or fraud, with the sole exception being when paying taxes for things that are necessary for the preservation of this relatively free state, such as the police, military, court system, etc.  The essential government functions.

"no person should be turned away from medical treatment of any kind simply because they lack coverage. if i break my leg, or i have a tumor, i want to know it'll be taken care of, rather than worrying about how i'll pay for it."

So naturally, the solution is to vote to have your government extort money from your neighbor to pay for your operation.  Remember, you have the 'right' to medical care! Forget your neighbor's property rights, lol! He has the duty to make you all better, even if you have all sorts of stupid and unhealthy habits which may have caused it to begin with, and even if he recieves absolutely no compensation whatsoever.  He should be made to PAY!