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They can transition to being public schools if they want to continue getting public funds. I don't understand why there's been this global trend of governments just shoveling money to the private sector without any oversight or conditions.
I mean, I do know why it's like that, I just don't understand why the public's been going along with it for so long.
The rich demand it because they save money paying for their essential over paying tax. Basically the cost of essentials do not scale at the same rate as rises in income or wealth. Therefore the rich pay proportionally less of their income on essentials than the poor. Therefore any cost at the point of service for essentials is effectively a regressive tax. It’s why the rich love things like GST as well.
The rich also run the companies that get all those sweetheart contracts and subsidies. They pretend they're libertarians, but pretty much every billionaire made their fortune because they got a real nice government contract, usually something involving a monopoly that should've always been a public resource to begin with.
I agree on the fuck private schools sentiment but there is a lot of oversight and conditions for private schools.