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Remove charity status from private schools #589

Closed Floppy closed 7 years ago

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philipjohn commented 7 years ago

Vote: ✅

Xyleneb commented 7 years ago

Do you mind if I one-up this?

"Every paid-for student must in turn completely cover the bursary of a poor student, and in so doing maintain the anonymity of their benefactors, thus cementing the ratio of rich to poor students at 50:50."

If they can still make a surplus after that, they can have it untaxed.

Floppy commented 7 years ago

hah, feel free to one-up later, but I'll keep it simple for now :)

(For context, I suggest this as someone who went to a private school, so I've got direct experience)

Xyleneb commented 7 years ago

Vote: :white_check_mark:

My school had an "optional donation" every month where the teachers would grill you in front of the rest of the class if you didn't pay up, as if you were taking food out of their mouths and causing a shitty education for everybody.

These exclusive clubs won't work as well once half of the classes are subsidised.