Orchid XP v8 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> Here's the fun part:

> Some schools say "you must wear a blue shirt and black trousers", and 
> you go buy that from wherever. Other schools sell their own uniform 
> (usually with the school name embroidered on it). And they can basically 
> charge... whatever they like for it. It's a nice little source of income 
> for the school. (Schools are always whining about having insufficient 
> funds.)


> uniform in order to do so". Nice...

  A naive person would think that this is exactly what taxes are for.
(And, in fact, in many countries this *is* something which is paid from
tax money.)

  It would be an example of a *good* use of tax money, as it helps evening
out the difference between rich and poor (while still not being outright
communism).

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                                                          - Warp

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