A centralized system into which everyone pays whether or not you have kids in yeshiva. most of what you pay into it ends up being tax deductible too (added benefit). its obviously complicated but i believe we are headed in that direction.
I like this idea, especially if we can make it tax deductible.
But, I’m getting bogged down on the details.
The notion is to provide schools free of charge to everyone who wants it, and structure it in such a way that anyone who might want it would also be in the group who would be “forced” to pay a yearly tax into the pot.
What is our forcing mechanism, that will actually force anyone who would want the schooling?
Which institutions have the power to enforce such a thing?
You might imagine something along the lines of shuls not allowing you to daven there unless you’ve paid your yearly payments to the community chest. But won’t there be shuls and shteibels which won’t care?
So maybe we’ll refuse you other community services, like gmachs and hatzala. But some will still say it is worth it and opt out.
So maybe we’ll refuse to marry your daughters and sons. But see where we’re going?