Milton Friedman Argues for School Choice: Breaking the Public School Monopoly — Transcript

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1. 0:00there is a reason why in my club room I
2. 0:02have a big painting called Dead mentors
3. 0:05that's got eight people in it and he is
4. 0:07one of them Public Schools should not be
5. 0:09in a monopoly position they should have
6. 0:11to compete with private schools why
7. 0:13should a parent be restricted to using
8. 0:15his tax money simply in those schools
9. 0:18that are run by the government by the
10. 0:20way I should mention to you that in pel
11. 0:21Alta where I am a member of the school
12. 0:23board voted in a policy that all
13. 0:25graduates of pel Alto High Schools will
14. 0:27be proficient in foreign languages that
15. 0:28will be a requirement for graduation
16. 0:30there's no private school in the country
17. 0:32to our knowledge that sets that kind of
18. 0:33standard why should there be why should
19. 0:36you be able to tell John and J and Jane
20. 0:39that they necessarily have to be
21. 0:41proficient in a foreign language maybe
22. 0:43they'd rather be proficient in music or
23. 0:45in mathematics or in something else I
24. 0:47don't see that that's anything for you
25. 0:48to boast about it's just an it's just a
26. 0:51demonstration of your willingness to
27. 0:53replace their judgment by yours oh
28. 0:55Milton fredman do yourself a favor and
29. 0:58go study this man