[Ooner]

Ok, I was too general in my dismissal of Libertarian ideas. I lean libertarian a little so I agree with a lot of the stuff here already (mostly social things, drug laws etc), but certain things need relatively heavy government control/funding. Schools are one of those things. The reason there isn't much in the way of private schools for poor kids is that they wouldn't be good business, and you'd have a hard time keeping them open. It would be no different if the GES were running the show. I like the idea of privatization of school systems as much as possible, but I don't think a government-run low-income private school system would be quite as effective as you think.

Sorry for the broad swipe at Libertarian economics, I should probably learn to keep my mouth shut when I don't know too much what I'm talking about, although I will argue for more government involvement than the LP would like, considering things like the lighthouse argument.