Should taxes pay for healthcare and education for all?

I have to disagree. True human nature is such that people might be accustomed to free and thus expected. But children would still have to study hard. There would be tests and standards to go to school as there are now. As for healthcare I would hope doctors aren't just handing out medicines for psychosomatic conditions without further evaluation and determinations. And if we give people access to good health and education (or job skills) it benefits us all.

@quickinstinct The problem with US education is that they produce students who are below average in Maths and Science. The focus should be in the quality of education. No point having a system that produces students who are weak internationally, and then you have companies that want to outsource the work to countries with high education standard and yet command lower salary.

@scheng1 Very true. But we also need doctors, healthcare workers, mental health professionals, mechanics, tradesmen, social workers, teachers, administrators, artists, advocates, farmers, problem solvers etc. Not everything is about math and science or company work.