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eppur_se_muova

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2. No one pays taxes to send their own kids to school, so vouchers are not justified.

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Fri Mar 18, 2022, 12:58 AM

Mar 2022

Everyone pays property taxes to send everyone's kids to school -- even people without kids; even businesses. It's a shared burden. Removing only your own kids from the school system barely affects the expenses of the school district, so no "refund" for you. If 10% of all kids were removed from the school districts, then expenses would fall by 10%, and all property taxes -- on everyone, not just people with kids in school -- could be lowered by 10%. But you're not going to see numbers that high, except in the very wealthiest communities.

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Georgia GOP senators break ranks to doom school voucher bill [View all] Eugene Mar 2022 OP

Or fix the public school system. It's not rocket science. Phoenix61 Mar 2022 #1

No one pays taxes to send their own kids to school, so vouchers are not justified. eppur_se_muova Mar 2022 #2