I as a tax payer am paying for kids to attend school because food is not free for everybody - somebody needs to work no matter what system you come up with. It is better a better investment for me to get you educated so you can support yourself, than to remove your staved to death body from the street.
There are some facts that almost everybody universally needs to know to support themselves: you need to know how to read, write and some basic arithmetic. F=MA is useful to enough jobs that it is best for everybody to know it even if whatever job you end up with doesn't need it.
The above is intentionally overblown to make the point.
I as a tax payer am paying for kids to attend school because food is not free for everybody - somebody needs to work no matter what system you come up with. It is better a better investment for me to get you educated so you can support yourself, than to remove your staved to death body from the street.
There are some facts that almost everybody universally needs to know to support themselves: you need to know how to read, write and some basic arithmetic. F=MA is useful to enough jobs that it is best for everybody to know it even if whatever job you end up with doesn't need it.
The above is intentionally overblown to make the point.