[Kilroy_x]

Originally Posted by Cavernio

the problem with free markets is that they never seem to exist. You can either have a centrally appointed administration, or you can have monopolies take over that position.

That's nonsense. Monopolies are almost impossible to attain in a completely free market. If the free market tends towards statism it's because there are statist elements in society independent of the market.

As soon as you throw in external motivators, like money, you immediately weaken any internal motivators a person has, like wanting people to be knowledgeable.

That's also nonsense. If that were the case we shouldn't pay teachers at all.

It seems to make more sense to me that we actually decrease salaries for teachers, so that the only ones which will stay will be those who want to teach.

Let's decrease their salaries to nothing then, it would have the greatest effect towards that end.