Quote Originally Posted by MadMojoMonkey View Post
Income "shouldn't" matter, but it always will. IMO, this is not a bad thing. I'm in favor of a UBI for the same reasons. Give everyone a fighting chance, and no more. Let them make of it what they will. If they want to invest more into it than the bare minimum provided, then kudos to them. We shouldn't punish children by giving them sub-standard, inadequate education, but we can't level the playing field by simply giving equal money per student. Which is OK. We don't need to level the playing field... just truncate the bottom of the bell curve a bit more.
I'll say it's a bad thing. I don't think private schools should exist and everyone should start on equal footing. Why do you say you can't equal the playing field by spending equal money on each student? Of course you can.