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Story: Why every child deserves a laptop

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Dumb idea

This is the first time I have heard about this but it sure seems like a dumb idea. If my government bought laptops to give to kids, I would be really mad. The last thing I want to see is tax revenue going to a project like this. Now if the project is going to act as a charity and donate laptops, I'm ok with it. The last thing anyone needs is a government mandated laptop program. This is an example of socialism at it's worst. At least this project may help people realize why government run health care and education are a bad idea.

Basically, government would be deciding that all children need to have laptops. Not just any laptop, they would need this particular laptop. But what if I didn't want my child to have a laptop at all? What if I wanted to provide my child with food and shelter instead? What if I had the means and I wanted to provide my child with a better laptop that possibly ran Windows or some other OS? This is a prime example of Equality vs. Quaility. The government would be deciding to use tax resources to give every child an equally crappy laptop. Some children may want a better laptop and still others may not want one at.

I can respect the technical challenges that need to be overcome to create such a laptop. I just can't respect governments buying laptops to give to children. It is unethical. For this project to be a success they need to find a way to pay for the laptops that does not involve accepting funds from governments.

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