Reply #71: are you opposed to food stamps?

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The grocery stores are in the business of delivering food from producers to consumers for a profit.
They're getting your tax dollars too.
Does it bother you that they provide such an abundance of food choices, in a plethora of settings, yet still make a profit?
Is profit a dirty word to you?

I've been to East Berlin (father was stationed in Frankfurt '83-85)), and I got to go into the government run stores. They were pathetic in comparison to the cornucopia of goods available in the stores in West Berlin that were run for profit. I don't see why profit is a dirty word to some people. It's a sign that a producer has provided an output that society values higher than the inputs that went into creating it (be it a good or a service).

The people I've met at Maclay are there because they want to educate children.
Are teachers or administrators who work at public schools 'profiting' since they take home a paycheck for their services?
What distinguishes them in your mind from a teacher at Maclay?

Why would you be willing to spend tax dollars on a teacher at one school, but not at another? Is your primary concern the education outcome for the students, or the employer of the teachers?

Why are you afraid to let parents/students decide where to spend the resources our society has allocated for education of our children?