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Re:Senate passes bipartisan bill to subsidize U.S.-made semi... by SeanLuke on Wednesday July 27, 2022 @05:16PM (#32257096)
I'm all for free public education for poor kids. Is it really necessary to give free public education to all Palo Alto kids independent of financial status?

Snark aside, the answer is: it's much simpler to manage a program that offers the same thing to everyone regardless of income than it is to manage a program that has to work out who deserves it. And offering it to all avoids stigma.

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Re:Senate passes bipartisan bill to subsidize U.S.-made semi... by mathattack on Wednesday July 27, 2022 @07:17PM (#32258333)
When 90+% of the kids don’t need it, wouldn’t it be better to use the money to hire more teachers?
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