I hesitate to jump into politics (again) here on HN but I would say this.
I don't disagree with you, exactly. There is a problem with polarized political agendas.
If the right had some sense of being OK with money being invested in the future, instead of in the currently wealthy, and if the left wants to spread opportunity more equally to every student, those could be overlapping goals. Equal opportunity is very different from equitable outcomes. And prioritizing private schools is different from actually shrinking the government size and budget. (The right, I would argue, just prioritizes different spending, not less spending!)
I don't disagree with you, exactly. There is a problem with polarized political agendas.
If the right had some sense of being OK with money being invested in the future, instead of in the currently wealthy, and if the left wants to spread opportunity more equally to every student, those could be overlapping goals. Equal opportunity is very different from equitable outcomes. And prioritizing private schools is different from actually shrinking the government size and budget. (The right, I would argue, just prioritizes different spending, not less spending!)