Whether it is Federal or State money, it is still my taxes. How many more rifle ranges, swimming pools and tennis courts do these places need. I live round the corner from Joey's which gets $5m of Government funding a year - their website (extract below) boasts about its great resources. The money going to Joey's could go to public schools in socially deprived areas with few resources. This sort of funding drives a divided society not an egalitarian one.
"St Joseph's College is extremely proud of the facilities and resources it provides for students. These include a Visual Arts centre, a Drama centre responsible for a major drama production every two years, a Music centre with Mac computers for digital producing and specially designed practice and rehearsal rooms, a well-equipped Technology Centre, a purpose-built Science wing. The college also provides students with day and night access to computing laboratories and the Brother Liguori Resource Centre. The college?s highly acclaimed sporting facilities include eight rugby fields, two football fields, five high-quality tennis courts, indoor and outdoor basketball courts and cricket nets, five turf and six artificial cricket wickets, a swimming pool, a fully drained 400 metre running track, a well-equipped rowing shed located on Tarban Creek and weights and cardio gymnasiums.St Joseph?s has its own outdoor recreation centre, Colo, in the upper Colo Valley, approximately 45 kilometres north-west of Windsor."
