He points to a system sustained not by choice, but by mandatory funding through property taxes. Even those without children in the system pay half their property tax bill toward public education. The observation raises a fundamental question: if participation were voluntary, would the current model survive on its own merit? He suggests it would collapse within a year or two. The structure depends on confiscatory taxation rather than demonstrated value or willing participation. This isn't an argument about education itself, but about the mechanism that keeps the current system in place. When funding is compulsory regardless of use or satisfaction, there's little pressure to improve or adapt. The question becomes whether any institution can remain effective when it doesn't need to earn its support.