chromium
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It depends on what you mean by "force". I think we ought to provide negative consequences for not graduating from high school, they ought to suffer if they decide not to get an education because an education is the best way to make them financially self-sufficient that we have. If you want to drop out, fine, but I don't think you should be able to get any social services if you do and parents of children that drop out should not get any welfare money for them. As far as I'm concerned, school is their job. Quitting their job ought to mean they stop getting a "paycheck". Don't like that? Don't drop out.
Probably won't be a very effective deterrent since food stamps for example means ramon noodles every day and what happens if it did make a huge diff? It just sounds like 1830s england or 2000s detroit or something: Drop outs starve > commit crime to survive > end up in jail at even greater cost to taxpayers.