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JALLEN and SewTexas make good points:

In a word, it is about "accountability". In two words, it's about "responsible accountability". In a half dozen or so words, "I ain't responsible for your kids".

Here endeth the lesson. Shabbot Shalom!

MeMelYup wrote:School tax should not be a property tax. School tax should be a sales tax administrated by the state to give each district an equal share, irregardless as to whether it is a rich or poor district. Stop the Robin Hood effect. Poorer districts need a higher percentage of funds and this way the state could take care of the problem. This way everyone would pay school tax.

Help me understand why childless people should pay school taxes? What's the difference between that and non-union workers being forced to pay union dues?

Property taxes are one thing. Somebody has to pay for roads, services, etc.

The school (ISD) portion of our property taxes, which is the major portion, is what fries my shorts. We've never had, nor will we ever have, any of our spawn in the local ISD. Why are we forced to pay for other people's offspring, and teacher's pensions, in the local school system under the guise of "property" taxes? Why can't there be a separate tax for schools paid by the users and benefactors of the local ISD's? You know, kinda' like sales tax, income tax, etc., etc. What is socialism, btw?