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MADem

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6. IMPACT AID is a HUGE deal--it puts a ton of money into local economies.

Reply to unhappycamper (Original post)

Mon Mar 4, 2013, 12:24 PM

Mar 2013

Many of these communities--with a tendency towards homeporting/homebasing--are double dipping, in effect, as some military personnel buy homes in these areas, pay property taxes, and Uncle Sam is also paying a 'bonus' to the school for the child(ren) of the servicemember.

It also--aside from the property tax bennies for large swathes of undeveloped land--pays "by the child" for the "impact" that military families have on local school districts, and fully funds the additional "teacher power" required to teach those students, as well.

It does provide tangible benefits to communities and it is going to hurt.

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Budget cuts to hit military school districts first [View all] unhappycamper Mar 2013 OP

DOD Cuts 4Q2u2 Mar 2013 #1

Well, 'defense' contractors have been extracting ever larger $$$ for 'stuff' for the last unhappycamper Mar 2013 #2

We knew 4Q2u2 Mar 2013 #3

Sequestration was created to be painful when the Super Committee could not agree unhappycamper Mar 2013 #4

I also did read 4Q2u2 Mar 2013 #5

Problem is that cutting any of those programs would not have an immediate financial effect. Angleae Mar 2013 #7

IMPACT AID is a HUGE deal--it puts a ton of money into local economies. MADem Mar 2013 #6