That's awfully generous of you to donate all your books, and maybe you have a utopian point in there that people might be more generous if things weren't "supposed to be taken care of by the government". However, I think that is completely unrealistic, in part because many people are naturally cheapskates. Even if people do make donations and volunteer, those are bound to decline during lean times, or in poor neighborhoods. Teaching is a full time job, and people like to be paid for those. Taxation also helps even out the burden of funding public projects, so contribution is based on how much you earn, not how much you feel like giving.
I'm glad I got up early and went to school. It taught me how to read, write, type, think critically about science and history, socialize, and put forth effort when things are difficult.
Both of which are mainly caused by government regulations destroying the market.
It doesn't need to be. Everything a kid needs to learn can be learned in a small number of hours. All the rest of the years in school are wasted-- unless you like the government extremist indoctrination they get. That's what takes so long.
A lot of those projects I can't afford, don't use, and don't want. Why can't I opt out? I'm not asking to get anything for free; I'm perfectly willing to pay for what I use. I just want the option to opt out of the things I don't want, and to shop around for the deal I like best on the things I do want. I don't like being forced to use your monopoly.
Yes. many people come to believe that because they were abused in a certain way, everyone else should be abused similarly.
School didn't teach you those things, even if you incidentally learned those while being schooled. The schooling was utterly unnecessary for you to learn.
I wouldn't even try to force you to give up anything. You like it, you keep it, and join with the others who feel as you do to pay for it. Just stop demanding everyone else finance your wishes at gunpoint. There's nothing I want bad enough to rob you to pay for it. Nothing.
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