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Sam Carana  
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 More options Oct 19 2005, 2:30 am
From: Sam Carana <sam.car...@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 16:30:55 +1000
Local: Wed, Oct 19 2005 2:30 am
Subject: Re: [epistemology] Re: The Trabant Model Of Science

On 10/19/05, Jason Lang <jasonlang2...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> > Communist, fascist, I'm not really interested in what bagage drives you
> to
> > portray half-truths as valid arguments. You appear to advocate strong
> > control by the State over services that - in line with our rights and

> Now, where exactly do i advocate 'strong state control' ? I'm just point
> out failings in your proposals.

  As long as you're incapable of producing even a single argument, you're
only pointing out that you have nothing to say. All your accusations of
"failings" have been responded to and there turned out to be nothing wrong
with my porposals.

Why wouldn't a free market system without vouchers be preferable to a

> vouchered system, which is an arbitrary constraint, and would inflate prices
> ? Vouchers are a form of subsidy, so how can you equate them with the
> pros and cons of the free market ?

> Subsidies don't reduce market prices, they put upwards pressure on prices.
> Or are you in favour of import tariffs to protect industry as well ? Why
> aren't subsidies to protect local jobs in line with "economics" and "our
> rights" the same way that vouchers are ?

> I propose gradual change, i.e. every time making an improvement on the

previous situation. Eventually, prices of services will come down to such an
extent that no vouchers may be necessary, but it's hard to predict how
things will eventuate. That's the very essence of NOT prescribing how the
education system should operate in detail, but instead leaving room for
competition and customer choice to sort things out. Alternatively to prices
becoming so low that good schools will be affordable (even to the poor)
without vouchers, the poor may be less interested in classroom teaching and
instead prefer apprenticeships, trainee programs, online self-learning or
self-employment combined with on-the-job learning. Initially, the key is to
create differentiation, so that people will be able to choose those
alternatives that work best, while competition will ensure that services
improve in quality and decrease in price.
 Sam

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