Sir lastnail wrote on May 8
th, 2012 at 11:10pm:
beer wrote on May 8
th, 2012 at 11:02pm:
Basically, Aussies don't really understand what fairness is. They silently accept all kinds of unfair things, this is only one example.
Every child deserves education payment from government, both poor and rich children. So government should pay equal amount of money per head into public and private school. That's fair.
how is it fair when the scammers who run private schools have already collected money from their customers ??
why do they need more money from the government ??
sounds like an inequitable situation to me.
private should mean private and not being topped up by the government
That's because you haven't deeply think about this issue.
1. Should you allow somebody be HIGHER class than others in this country? If people should have equal right, especially for innocent children. They should be treated very equally by the society include government. In this case, children should receive their benefit regardless of their backgrounds. That's how you teach them and grow them in right way.
2. Government shouldn't be granted too much power to decide how to spend money, especially how to distribute money in different channels. Their authority should be limited to stop politicians to transfer benefits to particular groups. In this two-party system, most time, only a few percent of votes, say <5% decides who wins the parliament. That's why politicians keeping send money into those 5% of minor groups and damage the interest of all others.
3. Government income from personal income has already been classified into different percentages. When they spend out money, why should they classify people again based on their backgrounds? This is double tax, double standards. Where is fairness? Without fair play, market is distorted in long run. Lazy people relays on politics framework to earn money they wouldn't be able to earn anywhere in the world. Rich or smart people move away from this country. Finally this country becomes another Greece.