School vouchers would allow kids of any economic status to go to the school of their choice. This is great for poor kids as they could go to elite, expensive private schools.
Bureaucratic public school administrator and teacher unions oppose this as it forces them to work harder and do a better job to attract kids, instead of just sitting without any competition.
The hardest part was cutting out the old panel in pieces. Special thanks to neighbor Joel!
I thought it would be interesting to look back at things I cared enough about to write a blog or social media post on that I’ve later changed my mind on.
2007 https://joelx.com/the-midas-touch/14/ I used to think the stock market was a good place to invest. I now think the stock market is where business owners sell their businesses when they no longer believe in them, that the stock market is at least partially rigged, and that retail investors get crushed by large scale investors.… read more “Things I’ve cared about that I have changed my mind on”
Apparently to fill out a simple IRS form for heavy vehicles, you have to pay a third party some random fee to submit what is basically just an HTML form. Why doesn’t the IRS itself offer this form directly for free? Yet more unnecessary government red tape and regulation that harms business and gives money to special interests.