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Originally Posted by Preechr
I'm not all that jazzed up about Democracy being defined as everybody selfishly voting for their own best interests, but you seem like a reasonable person and I'll work with the assumption that you didn't intend to come off that way.
As for the first part, education is "free" in this country. Why would you assume people would have to be rich to be educated? ... unless I'm right, and we get what we pay for.
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Education is not free. I'm talking about college. High school doesn't teach you jack shit about anyting unless you go to a private college where all the rich kids are sent by their rich parents. Poverty is inherited and so is wealth. Money begets money.
Since most public schools are based on a tax base of the surrounding area, even the "free schools" are based on how wealthy the area around them is, so again, the poorer areas are underfunded and the children living in those areas get a lesser education. Anyone who walks into an inner city school after walking through the halls of a beverly hills high school can easily see the distinctions.
But the purpose of voting is to pick what you think is best, whether you vote for yourself or the country as a whole is again a subjective interpretation done by the person themself and each person is given the right to pick what they want - it's called freedom and everyone should get their say.