[MRM]

Doesn't matter if you have kids or not, you still benefit from public schools. Society benefits from a well educated populous, just as you benefit from interstate transportation whether you have a car or not. Society has an obligation to educate the next generation, just as the government has an obligation to give good value to us for the tax we pay. Schools are essential, but we have every right to demand efficient and effective schools. By the way, even private colleges are made possible by federal financial aid and research grants. They couldn't survive without them.