Reply #: Education is not just a "private" benefit

[Bragi]

You write as though education is a private matter, like what kind of car one wishes to drive. Education, however, is a social good.

Note that most economists now say that the US economy will be even further down the tubes and more uncompetitive if it does not boost the number of highly educated people in the workforce.

And note that democracy, both in theory and in practice, depends upon "an informed electorate" that understands the world around them, one that is able to think critically.

Education may offer benefits to individuals, it is primarily a social good, something that a healthy and prosperous society needs to support and promote.

You'll not hear that from the corporate class or their political shills on the right, but that's the truth.