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Originally Posted by DBurg
Schools used to have enough money via taxes to pay for sports, band, etc. While I was a teenager, we used to sell a few candy bars to raise enough money to pay for the end of season banquet and a couple other fluff stuff. Now, parents pay real money to have their kids in school sports/extra curricular activities, depending on district, upwards of $300 per.
Vegas used to be flowing with free (stiff) drinks, free parking and comped rooms/meals etc. Now, drinks are watered down, parking is expensive and comps are only for the high end gamblers.
I'm sure there are other niches which have experienced these same changes.
What is the underlying mechanism which has created this paradigm shift? In other words, where has all the money gone? I think that's my question?!?
I know when I was at school that teachers used to do a lot of the extra-curricular stuff for free. Then they started being treated like **** by the government and they gradually stopped.