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Agreed there needs to be a safety net for those students who's parents can not/will not pay for their education. I want to see the whole mess decoupled from property taxes, as there is NO LINK WHATSOEVER between property ownership and one's obligation to school funding. However there is a strong, direct link between how many kids one has and the demand that creates for education.
You see, 150 years ago when this system was gelling, there was no income tax. Perhaps barter was so pervasive- or for whatever reason income couldn't be counted on- that property taxes made the most sense. That was then and this is now.
Last edited by Frank Lee; 11-12-2011 at 04:35 PM..
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