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On average, kids from affluent families have a 20 point IQ advantage over kids from poor families. That's more than one standard deviation which is 15 points.

Affluent families spend significantly more money in education than poor families. The elite families send their kids to $40k/year prep school since they are 2-3 years old.

The more knowledge/information required to be successful in the society, the more important this difference in education spending and IQ is. The inequality is inherent.

Instead of focusing on reducing the inequality, we need to convince the rich people that paying more tax to educate the majority of the population is a good thing for themselves in the long run. Why not just convince the poor people to vote that way? You may ask. Well, from my understanding, rich people knows the best on how to influence poor people.

parent kailuowang 11 years ago

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