Comments on: Felon Tries to Educate Kids

By: Bookslinger

Bookslinger — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 02:45:01 +0000

I disagree with the premise of the AEI story. Primary and secondary schools are primarily funded with property taxes. (At least in Indiana)

Therefore, lower and middle class taxpayers likely pay _less_ for education than people with higher property values.

And to whatever degree state-sponsored post-secondary schools are funded with state tax dollars, those with higher incomes also provide a larger portion of that funding (via state income and sales taxes.)

By: Adam Greenwood

Adam Greenwood — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 22:07:01 +0000

By: Adam G.

Adam G. — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 18:15:50 +0000

I agree that truth-telling under oath in court is one of our societal bedrocks. But the felon mom didn’t actually commit perjury, for one thing.

For another, all social systems have well-understood areas where lies and deviance from the formal law are tacitly permitted.

Unfortunately our bureacracies and ourprogressives–but I repeat myself–are increasingly autistic.

By: Vader

Vader — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 16:55:26 +0000

Unfortunately, the taboo on perjury is also at the roots of public order.

I could be mistaken, but I believe our ancestors’ civil disobedience during the unpleasantness over plural marriage was a civil disobedience that made some effort to at least technically avoid perjury.