Vitaliy wrote:

>>> We can always agree to disagree, but I think we may have actually
>>> gotten to the root cause of the disagreement. It appears to me that
>>> your premise is based on the notion that the majority of people are
>>> too dumb to make the right choices for themselves and their children.
>>> That's why the smart people in the government have to make choices for
>>> them. Correct me if I misinterpreted you.
>> 
>> I can't talk for Byron, but maybe it's not about "smart" or "dumb" but
>> about that the majority won't act so that the outcome is something you
>> (or I) like?
> 
> I don't understand what you're saying. Can you please rephrase? :-)

You seem to think that, given enough free choice to the people, the things
will turn out the way you imagine: a better school system, or at least
better choices at your disposal. (WRT this, I think you may be right here,
but there's nothing inherent in your proposal that would guarantee that
you're right.)

But it may also be that what will happen is something like a "VHS-ation" or
"Windows-ation" of the school system: the "market" doesn't favor the
"technically" better options but the ones with the better marketing (or the
better "product politics"), and the unregulated market forces create a
pseudo monopoly. You may end up with less and worse (in your opinion)
options than you have now, with all the freedom (in principle) of a voucher
system as you propose.

Gerhard

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