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Re:97% of California Cities Failed to Meet State Housing Goals by Firadeoclus on Monday February 12, 2018 @07:43AM (#16358230)
> It's unlikely the parents pay more in taxes than they receive in benefits like free schooling for their kids.

I think it's a mistake to assign the educational benefits people receive (whatever age they are at the time) to their parents.

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Re:97% of California Cities Failed to Meet State Housing Goals by sheepmullet on Monday February 12, 2018 @06:25PM (#16363338)
Why?

The money has to come from somewhere.

It is a parents duty to provide for their kids.

We have a welfare system that can step in when the parents can't take responsibility and this system only works when those parents are a small minority.

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Re:97% of California Cities Failed to Meet State Housing Goals by gravy on Monday February 12, 2018 @09:00AM (#16358552)
I think it's valid considering it's usually parents who pay for their children's schooling if it wasn't free. The benefit here is monetary, not academic.
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Re:97% of California Cities Failed to Meet State Housing Goals by Firadeoclus on Monday February 12, 2018 @12:05PM (#16359998)
That's an interesting point. On the other hand, where education is free it is so, to a large extent, because it is considered a worthwhile investment into a society's future.
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