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Originally Posted by Eric
I normally do not throw my hat into the political arena. So I am technically still not about to do so.
Earlier today I was thinking about the jobs situation and something I heard recently about how there are several CEO's who have come out to state that their issues hiring overseas are no long financially motivated, but intelligence motivated. They have publicly stated that they can get the same work done in the US for the same if not equal overall cost, but that now it has become an issue of the workers in other countries just plain out being smarter.
So this got me to thinking about the education system, which is clearly a major issue and has been for a long time. I am not going to say that there are not good parents out there who do very well by their children, but there are also a lot of enablers who tell their kids they are the best thing since sliced bread even when their child is a little shit and fucks up badly in school.
I personally think that parents should be very involved in their kids schooling and thought why not incentivize parents to do so.
What if there was a government instituted tax break/deduction dependent on a child's grades. Easily monitored by a third party, the schools, and redeemable the year following the end of the full school year. School year ends in June, claim can be made the following April. I am not talking about some astronomical amount here.
How many parents do you think would actually start pushing their kids harder if there was a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow of say $2000 for the whole family. I am talking about a deduction, not a rebate or credit here.
Obviously the logistics would have to be worked out, but I think there could be some legs to a program like this.
Thoughts???
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I personally do not think that a 2,000 dollar deduction is much of an incentive as that only means they do not have to pay tax on 2,000 dollars which at best is a savings of a few hundred dollars.
In many cases (I think the stats show the majority)...in this day and age...unlike years in the past...there are two working parents in the home now...and between commute time and work hours there simply is not the time for the parents to spend much time tutoring their children. In some cases one or more of the parents have two jobs so the time for their children is reduced even further.
It may not be a bad idea and may even be a good idea but...in my opinion...the monetary incentive would have to be great enough to relieve a significant financial burden on the family to provide the time for tutoring their children.