not true.
i don't support the money being handed out to private schools, but there is a method to their madness. the system is to encourage parents to send their children to private schools, the money given to them is 'reward' money, to simply improve what they have, and seem more attractive to send students to. and what people forget is, is that private schools aren't for rich snobs (although I can safely say that a bunch of teh ----ers are, but that's a whole separate matter =d) - those who attend these schools are from families that work EXTRA hard, and make sacrifices so the children are well off, and i think that the governement has taken that into account - would it be fair to penalize them for wanting their child to have a better chance at uni or landing a job? is it their fault they want a better education for their child (generally) (unless you go to melbourne high, mwahahahaha)?
by you saying 'if you can't afford it, don't go' doesn't help the problem at all. not only would that be a turn potential business away from the school, it segregates society - private vs public - why don't we let pauline hanson into government again while we're at it?
state schools (in australia at least, i'm pretty sure its the same in US, correct me if i'm wrong), but EVERYBODY pays for public schooling - by what you're saying, public school students should pay taxes (the appropriate ones) and those who attend private schools shouldn't, yes that's very fair - in reality, we all pay taxes, and those taxes also pay for money spent on schools, state and private.
by what you say is logical, those who spend more money in private business should be exempt of the appropriate taxes, and those who don't spend more money, should just pay taxes - where's the fairness? where's did the logic go?
with this kind of issue, there will never be fairness, and both parties (public and private) will have to compromise - which is exactly what happens, a lot of schools ask for parents to give 'donations' to help cover expenses, however, the problem in this is that it is a state school, and by the legislation, you are not required to pay for it
i'd go into what should be done, but i have to go to my state school tomorrow.