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And where's that funding going to come from? Currently, we're funding schools in proximity to household wealth.

Perhaps increasing poor working families' wealth is the solution that fits in with our current setup.

Or perhaps we should just even out the funding. Crudely redistributing wealth is a historically very poor way to solve inequality (assuming it is a problem), since it doesn't address the root cause. Investing in education, in particular trades, is an arguably better way. They are practical, have the most bang-for-buck value, and are not time-consuming or demanding.

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