On 4/22/2017 6:27 PM, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
On Mon, 17 Apr 2017 20:51:42 +0100, Cindy Hamilton
wrote:


In the U.S., the vast majority of doctors, nurses, engineers,
scientists, etc., had their first 13 years of education paid
for by taxes.

My taxes paid for the primary and secondary education of my
younger co-workers (engineers). I'm pleased with the outcome.

And you think it wouldn't have worked with private funding?


Sure, and many people do pay for a private education for their kids in
addition to to paying taxes for the public schools.

Paying for schooling through taxes eases the burden for families with a
few children in school. Some could not afford it themselves. School is
not cheap.