- May 1, 2016
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It might've, but it's not 1963 anymore.Your "positives of private education" are precisely what private education was established for. Taxpayer funds going to private schools State Aid, ensure that the children of those who have already paid for education, through their taxes, share the benefits of those payments with the rest of society. Basic fairness. Your "prop up of religious values" is cost to the parents, not the community, otherwise there would be no school fees. The reality is that the grossly underappreciated Catholic education system, particularly through its unpaid religious order teachers, massively subsidised Colonial and State governments' Education obligations before 1963.