Some thoughts on subsidizing kid activities for "underprivileged" kids
So, this is a topic I've been dwelling on a bit recently, and I have some mixes and nuanced thoughts, so apologies in advance if this post ends up a bit scattered. Also, this is probably going to be a more controversial take, so if you might be offended by controversial opinions, maybe skip this post. I have kids. My kids do activities. These activities usually cost money (some a little, some a lot). Almost all of these activities involve some sort of fundraising, to subsidize the costs of the activities for people and families with less money. Sometimes this is voluntary, sometimes this is compulsory, with a strong aspect of forced wealth redistribution (eg: the soccer club my son plays for requires parents to raise or directly pay around $500/year extra, to subsidize other families with less money, in addition to the roughly $4000/yr in club fees). All of this fundraising, donations, required donations, etc. is socialized wealth redistribution. Now, I'm torn on if this is ...