Families who do not send their children to government-financed schools should not be required to pay taxes that support universal education. Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

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Nowadays in
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Nowadays, in
most of the countries of the
world people
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world, people
have a choice between private and public schooling.
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many aspects of the choice differ among countries, what remains the same is the way of financing the two systems. The public schools are financed by the government while the private schools require a fee to be payed by the individuals. Knowing that a question
raises
come into existence; take on form or shape
arises
whether
these
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those
who finance their own
education
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should still pay for the public
education
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through taxes. In my
opinion it
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opinion, it
is unfair to expect the parents of privately schooled children to support the public
education
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. In
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paper I will provide the reader with arguments supporting my opinion.
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of
all
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all, although
although
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education
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is regarded as a public good, it is not obligatory to participate in it. Since one can resign from using
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good, it should
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be possible to cancel the obligation to finance it. Since a family
do not receive
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does not receive
any advantage from
public system
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the public system
a public system
of
education
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they should not be bearing any responsibility for its maintenance.
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does not mean that the money is taken from the public
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,
since the private schools are
also
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contributing in public finance though paying taxes.
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, a private
education
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requires a big amount of investment. These expenses usually stem from family life savings and for many pose a great challenge. An additional financial obligation might be an impossible to overcome
burden
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the burden
burdens
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Thus I
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Thus, I
believe that it is not necessary to oblige non users of public school system to pay for it. To sum up, I agree that families who choose not to send children to public schools, do not need to take the responsibility for financing it. I support my opinion with the fact that private schooling as well requires financial assets and one should not pay for the goods he does not utilize.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Inequality
  • Socio-economic groups
  • Public good
  • Well-educated population
  • Double payment argument
  • Tax base
  • Infrastructure
  • Qualified teachers
  • Choice and privilege
  • Tax credits
  • Deductions
  • Exempting
  • Public education
  • Funding
  • Resources
  • Collective responsibility
  • Educational quality
  • Directly benefit
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