Why Privatizing Schools Would Be Beneficial

The foregoing was originally written in November of 2012:

Earlier today, I went to check my mail only to find that it contained a junkmail flyer titled, “Conservatives Against Obama! Millionaires and Billionaires Want to Make Schools Private For Profit.” This was nothing more than socialist propaganda using class as their tool of choice in order to brainwash the reader and once again proving how clueless Obama supporters are. I also heard of people receiving a similar flyer, except about the post office. It really amazes me how stupid these socialist liberals think we are. Actually, some people ARE that stupid, but some of us are well informed. Those that are well informed will see through propaganda such as that I received in the mail. So I’m gonna tell you why a private school system would benefit society, not only monetarily but also on a personal level.


But first, let me explain the difference between socialism and capitalism. Socialism is a system in which the government controls the majority of the country’s enterprise. In other words, a lot of the companies are owned by that country’s government. China would be a great example (although China is starting to allow more of citizens to own businesses). Capitalism on the other hand is a system in which most of the country’s enterprise is controlled by private owners. In other words, most businesses in a capitalist society are owned by private citizens. Now it becomes obvious why people have always referred to the American economy as a system of free enterprise because again, most companies are owned and created by the citizens — not the government (as in socialism). Capitalism is the reason America had the biggest economic expansion ever witnessed in the world’s history. America believed so much in capitalism at one point that The Federal Reserve, our nation’s central bank, is a privately owned company. But now, the tables have turned. The government is involved in more enterprise than probably ever before. As recent as 08, after the financial crisis, government bailouts (with your tax money) lead to companies being nationalized (taken over by government). We are as close to being a socialist society as we have ever been.

Now that we’ve made the distinction between capitalism and socialism, let’s discuss how privatizing schools would benefit our society. First off, the government is nothing more than a body of people who provide services to a nation. With that in mind, the government eventually took over the American school system (providing a service). Before then, most Americans were either home schooled or attended private schools. During that time, Americans were better educated, not only academically but they understood how things worked in the real world as well. But since the government has taken over the educational system, the quality of education in America has diminished severely. Its to the point where high school graduates can barely read, they only understand math on a rudimentary level and they have no clue what’s going on around them unless they see it on TV. Don’t believe me? Check the statistics! This in turn lowers the level of intelligence of Americans, and decreases the amount of skilled workers in the labor force. Since the governments runs the schools, you’re unable to demand that public schools provide a better education for your child. This also makes it easier for governments to program the mind of the young in order to brainwash them with their own propaganda (but that’s beyond the scope of this article).

But most of you probably don’t even care about the quality of education your child receives, because after all, it’s free! Right? Nah, that’s a lie. Whether you know it or not, you’re paying for your child to attend public school. The money to fund public schools comes out of your taxes. Quick question: what do companies typically do when they want to gain an edge over their competitors? They usually offer to provide better service/product at a lower price. Now imagine a chain of privately owned schools by different companies. Under such a system, the same thing would occur in any other business. More privately owned schools would mean more competition between schools. More competition would mean schools fighting their hardest to provide the highest quality education for the lowest possible price. Just like any other business, if you were unsatisfied with their service, you could file a complaint. After all, you are the customer. But you don’t have that luxury in the monopolistic government-run public fool system (shout out to Djehuty Ma’at-Ra). A higher quality education at a lower price, once again, would raise American workers to the top of the world’s most skilled workers…something we’ve been lacking for quite some time now.

Another benefit you’d receive is paying less in taxes. Earlier I told you that the government is an entity that provides services to a nation at a fee, usually in the form of taxes. By now, it should be obvious that the less services government provides, the less you’ll pay in taxes. If the schools were in the hands of the private sector instead of the government, that’s one less tax you’d have to pay. Not only that, by privatizing most industries, more capital would flow throughout the economy instead of sitting idle, which would put a lot of skilled Americans back to work. You’re not trying to hear that because you all are being brainwashed into thinking a socialism is the answer. Its easy to sell the idea of socialism to a bunch of lazy people who think the government and the wealthy should take care of them. Keep it up and we’re gonna end up like China — a socialist AND communist society and you all are gonna ask for it. But…that’s another topic.

The fact that most American citizens don’t know the difference between a capitalistic and socialist society and are allowing politicians to take their rights away by disguising their intentions as charity, by itself explains why the public school system has failed us and needs to be eliminated. More private companies (not just schools) would mean higher quality of products and services in America which would in turn lead to more American prosperity. More companies competing to win customers is always good for the general public, even in the school system. Its a sad FACT that the majority of people that are super successful in American society are successful only after they’ve unlearned what the public fool system has taught them, which comes as a result of their own independent studies. But if you want to believe that your child’s education is worth the illusion of free education, then I’m powerless to stop you from thinking in such ways. But I have, however, provided you with the truth.

Thanks for reading!

Sean Tudor Carter

“We live in deeds, not years. In thoughts not breaths, in feelings, not in figures on a dial.”

Sean Tudor Carter is an experienced investor, entrepreneur, research and writer for the Young & Opulent Group, a company formed to serve the needs of up and coming entrepreneurs, investors, and scholars who wish to reach opulent goals and stay consciously afloat in these fast changing times.