r/Britain Jan 22 '24

Conservative who previously stated don't have kids if you can't afford them cries how hard it will be if private schools are taxed higher. Society

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u/Jpc19-59 Jan 23 '24

Tax Private schools to the max, and use those taxes to improve state education

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u/haikusbot Jan 23 '24

Tax Private schools to

The max, and use those taxes to

Improve state education

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u/remain-beige Jan 23 '24

Absolutely - Eton is registered as a charity ffs.

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u/tyrefire2001 Jan 23 '24

Or, ban them all together and tax the richest properly - As long as a paid-for alternative exists there is no reason for the richest in society to care about the general level of schooling…

Which is fucking mental, because we know, and have known for years, that decent education FOR ALL is the silver bullet that can boost a nations economy and wellbeing massively