find something better to do with our holiday weekend times!--PG
On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 8:04 AM, Fred Bartels <fredbartels@gmail.com> wrote:
> Peter,
>
> You provide a wonderfully brilliant defense of independent schools but it
> doesn't really answer my question.
>
> Let me rephrase the question.
>
> -Independent schools are funded primarily by the wealthy.
>
> -If income distribution needs to be corrected in order for our nation to
> get
> back on track, the wealthy will need to receive a much smaller piece of the
> economic pie.
>
> -If the wealthy have significantly less income that will mean significantly
> less money for independent schools.
>
> So the question is, will independent schools support a change in income
> distribution that helps the nation but financially hurts independent
> schools?
>
> Perhaps dipping into our cultural memes will help illustrate the heart of
> my
> question.
>
> Tolkien, in the Lord of the Rings, has Frodo freely offer the Ring to a
> number of the main characters. Gandalf, Galadriel, and Aragorn -all who
> embody values that would grace any independent school- are sorely tempted
> to
> take the Ring and use it to do good. In the end they choose not to be
> seduced by the power of the Ring. As Galadriel says, "I pass the test. I
> will diminish, and go into the West, and remain Galadriel."
>
> Fred
>
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