This means having public schools that are decent and allow people to be educated regardless of their economic background no amount of elbow grease can prevent one from being born to a poor family . Meanwhile provided there is demand private schools will exist . Yes , I know that , but that wasn ' t the point of my question to the person who commented . My point is that adults have freedom to choose to have children regardless of their ' economic background '. The government , however , is suddenly required to provide an education , but not provide parent training , food , car , housing , heatelectricity , internet , etc . for each ? What about licensing or permits required before having these very costly children ? The logic or lack thereof doesn ' t make a lot sense and doesn ' t follow the notion that ' it ' s in the best interest of all of us '. By the way , I am definitely NOT advocating for more government involvement just making a point . allow people to be educated regardless of their economic background Government is horribly inefficient at pretty much everything they do and I ' m really glad they are not directly involved with providing food I can easily get down the street at many stores at affordable prices competition helps keep this down . What I find most entertaining is that education is a very cheap service to provide compared to most other necessities in life and the government can ' t even get that right when it comes to inner city families the ones that supposedly require it to be a ' public good '. Public schools suck bad at this point in time , especially in lowerincome areas . Here are some great videos that elaborate on whySchool Sucks Podcast The American WayokPnDZ 1 TxloThomas Sowell The Path To Better SchoolsKytyESCJ 7 sQFriedman Sowell Should Our School System Be PrivatizedR 6 C 9 ZVr 8 J 28 Milton Friedman Public Schools Voucher SystemSypjR 4 BNBkGood Intentions 1 of 3 Introduction and Public Schools with Walter WilliamsP 1 rr 6 iLBEI