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I agree with you on the goal of education. But whats the goal of government education subsidies?

> whats the goal of government education subsidies

a more educated populace is a public and civic good on its own terms. Public funding for education is maybe partially for economic returns, but is mostly because education is a necessary part of a functioning democracy and a necessary part of living a good fulfilling life

Shifting the goalposts. For most of american history a high school education was considered sufficient to be part of a functioning democracy. If a music education (or whatever) is required to be part of democracy, then everyone should have it.

Education isn't a binary, so I'm not sure why we should arbitrarily draw the line at highschool as we become richer as a nation

Because high school is what we fully fund as a nation

So have community things where people give free lectures at the local library or whatever.

Yes we should also do this

To help people get the education that they want. Not pick winners/losers.

They're not picking. They're rewarding.

rewarding winners somehow is not picking?

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