Comments by "" (@charliemoore2551) on "Private school tax ‘forces’ parents to put their children in state schools | Diarmid Mackenzie" video.

Toryism, a welfare state for the rich.
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@djsandford I'm a pensioner. I pay tax to live in a civilised society. I have no problem paying for the next generation to be educated because anyone but a complete idiot (there are plenty of those here) can see that the alternative is a damned sight more expensive. What I do object to is subsidising those who want to elevate their mediocre offspring above the rest of us. That's how we got Rishi Sunak and Tony Blair!
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@davidgardiner4720 Indeed. The phrase was one of Thatcher's favourites and had originally come from a Mont Pelerin session where a whole litany of similar cliches were developed. "Let the Tall Trees grow" was another one along with "Keep politics out of [insert industry threatened with regulation or nationalisation]". Very little of the phraseology of the right is as organic as they'd like you to think.
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They put their children in fee paying schools to get a jump on other, cleverer children. That why we have clueless morons like Rishi Sunak, David Cameron or Tony Blair getting to positions of power. If there is one single factor which explains the UK's decline, it is the public school system.
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So you think that you should be let off VAT for a commercial transaction so that you can benefit your child above others? I'm a pensioner and you're asking me to do here is subsidise your child's education. When all is said and done, you're nothing but a scrounger.
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@siangriffiths3691 Education is not a personal economic good that you buy for yourself! It's a social good which benefits everyone in society. You're not paying for my kids. Nor am I. We all pay for the next generation to be educated. Why? Because it will cost a damned sight more if they (all of them) are not educated. See how well capitalism does with an uneducated population. What you're paying extra for is for your kids to be elevated above others - whether they merit it or not. That's why this country has been led by total numpties like Tony Blair, David Cameron, and Rishi Sunak. Everyone forgets that private schooling has two massive downsides: First of all, people who have genuine talent and ability are failed for lack of resources; Secondly, people without talent or ability are elevated beyond their abilities to the detriment of all of us. Yes. If they pay VAT, they'll be able to reclaim VAT on inputs. That applies to all businesses. Do you seriously think that's controversial? Were you privately educated too?
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