Deacon923
Scooter Banks
the "choice" is illusory.
also, all those buildings and property that, in jhmd-world, are slowly going to be drained of students and funding are taxpayer property. it's a complete waste of taxpayer dollars to keep the maintenance liabilities for those buildings on the taxpayer books (or worse, let all that accumulated capital rot) while sending the money for that maintenance to private businesses in the name of "choice" and "competition". Replacing the management at a given school with a charter organization with a proven track record of success is another matter entirely, and often may be a good solution.
The whole "let the invisible hand of the market sort it out" approach assumes a perfectly efficient market that does not exist. In jhmd-world, the inefficiencies in the real market will be borne by the taxpayer and by the poorest, least knowledgeable citizens while private companies pocket the difference.
also, all those buildings and property that, in jhmd-world, are slowly going to be drained of students and funding are taxpayer property. it's a complete waste of taxpayer dollars to keep the maintenance liabilities for those buildings on the taxpayer books (or worse, let all that accumulated capital rot) while sending the money for that maintenance to private businesses in the name of "choice" and "competition". Replacing the management at a given school with a charter organization with a proven track record of success is another matter entirely, and often may be a good solution.
The whole "let the invisible hand of the market sort it out" approach assumes a perfectly efficient market that does not exist. In jhmd-world, the inefficiencies in the real market will be borne by the taxpayer and by the poorest, least knowledgeable citizens while private companies pocket the difference.