Comment Re:This is stupid. (Score 1) 670
I don't think anyone wants to steal your tax money by offering ten free shrinks per kid... I think the question is, Is the cost of counselling younger kids made up for later on when they're more stable adults because potential bad things have been prevented?
We can't know for sure offhand, because it's difficult to measure. But imagine a whole city-full of maladjusted teenaged grumps who figure adults are there to do their jobs and not care about them... wouldn't they suck up more of our tax money than well adjusted youngsters with adult role models who actually give a shit? And do I want my kids going to school with the former type of peer or the latter...? So in elementary school, if there's judicious use of tax money to provide some measure of emotional support for those who need it (hardly an overwhelming number of kids), do I really need to move to Cuba? I don't want to pay higher taxes either, I just want my existing tax money put more to prevention (counselling, broad education without being forced to choose majors, mandatory gym etc) than cure (jails, court cases, etc).
We can't know for sure offhand, because it's difficult to measure. But imagine a whole city-full of maladjusted teenaged grumps who figure adults are there to do their jobs and not care about them... wouldn't they suck up more of our tax money than well adjusted youngsters with adult role models who actually give a shit? And do I want my kids going to school with the former type of peer or the latter...? So in elementary school, if there's judicious use of tax money to provide some measure of emotional support for those who need it (hardly an overwhelming number of kids), do I really need to move to Cuba? I don't want to pay higher taxes either, I just want my existing tax money put more to prevention (counselling, broad education without being forced to choose majors, mandatory gym etc) than cure (jails, court cases, etc).
