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Originally posted by Peaches
Taking a few economics and civics classes could help you understand a lot of what you're asking 
But here are some hints: The city of Atlanta spends more per child than any other district in GA. Yet they have the worst school system. Private schools spend less per student than the public schools do (and homeschoolers even less), and the teachers make less in salary, but the private schools are almost always provide a better education than public schools. Do you really think throwing money at public schools will solve the problem?
Are you willing to add an additional 20-30% to your tax bill in order to provide "free healthcare" to every citizen? Are you aware that the vast majority of people in the US who don't have health insurance CAN afford it, but choose not to have it? Are you willing to pay extra tax dollars to pay for the healthcare of those people?
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Did you pay attention in your economics and civics classes?
One of the main reasons private schools have results that are much better than those of public schools is that the children who go to private schools are mostly children from middle/upper class families. Not all too surprisingly, those children are a lot easier to deal with and do a lot better in school than children from poor parents.
As for universal health care... when done properly (i.e. retaining competitive elements in the system) it wouldn't add 20-30% to taxes by a long shot. Also, those already with medical insurance wouldn't really see a big difference money-wise.
Those who refuse to get medical insurance would see a big difference, but most of those are irresponsible fuckheads who place a huge burden on society because of their stupid behaviour.