Good question. Bread and milk (I hate milk) are supposedly basic needs and mostly it is funded by the person who needs it. Although I know enough schools where those are provided because the kids don’t get it at home for whatever reason (parents drinking the money is one that comes to mind in Canada and no money at home is what I saw in South Africa). Basic needs are kept at a certain price so people can afford it on a minimum income. That is what I would like to see with education: affordable (free for some if necessary) but not only available to the elite group (in Holland, where I am from, education was for the longest time for people with money).Sure, writers and publishers need money also to sustain their life, but somehow that is not my concern….:-)