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  • TexasRedneck

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    Exactly - and THAT is something I'd like to see changed. Don't know how to do it fairly, but it would SEEM to me that after a certain age, folks should be exempt from school taxes. I put 4 kids through school - have paid school taxes in excess of $3k/year now for 35 years - shouldn't there be a point in time where it's "enough"??

    Having said that - show me in writing where more is needed, and will be spent wisely (vs. spending everything they get) and I'll continue to pay - I *do* recognize the value of education - but I have to question why it never seems to be enough.
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    DCortez

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    Exactly - and THAT is something I'd like to see changed. Don't know how to do it fairly, but it would SEEM to me that after a certain age, folks should be exempt from school taxes. I put 4 kids through school - have paid school taxes in excess of $3k/year now for 35 years - shouldn't there be a point in time where it's "enough"??

    Having said that - show me in writing where more is needed, and will be spent wisely (vs. spending everything they get) and I'll continue to pay - I *do* recognize the value of education - but I have to question why it never seems to be enough.


    I'm not sure how I became responsible of other people's kids. Between Sesame Street and the internet, it's time to rethink things.
     

    Hawghauler

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    So....tell me.....who is gonna PAY for the schools? While I agree, the realist in me screams that the same idiots that won't bother to get insurance coverage unless their employer provides it for 'em are also the same ones that'll "home school" - and the one doin' the teaching is going to be the same one that never got past basic skills.
    There's got to be a way of doing this - problem being, there's no simple answer. I've often thought that we should try a voucher system that'd force the various schools to compete for their "business" - I strongly dislike that it'd still be government funded, but maybe after a generation of government funding folks would start demanding private funding and abolishing the draconian school tax system currently in place.
    I do believe the tax payer will have to fund education, but I would like to see school choice and competion. Decision of where to send your kid should be a parents option, but equal per student funding could be made available. The Federal side of the government should step back and let states and towns dictate what they want. Every citizen benefits from an educated population so I do not mind paying for schools even when I don't have kids. Tax payers gave me my education, I owe the future generations the same support. I do not know about Texas, but up north there are really two budgets, one for the teachers and educators, and another for the facility and maintenance. Again, I'll wager the private sector could compete for school buildings just like most school bus service is performed by contractors who compete for the service.
     

    TexasRedneck

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    On the surface, I'd like to see the schools privatized....then I remember other things that've been privatized, and not so sure that I would want our kids in 'em. It'd be a balancing act - because some will treat it as a cash cow, others will do their best to teach - and in the end, the good ones will survive.
     

    TrailDust

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    I still think the average cirriculum force fed around our nation is detrimental to our society. If you think Yankees are wrong in the head, remember a public school is where their values and ideals were downloaded. If you saw what my kids were taught and how they were taught you would understand how I rallied against the system and finally moved out west where most of the population has not drunk the Kool aid. A teacher that works hard to teach the three Rs in school and does not let bias or indoctrination into their classroom is a rare jewel and a priceless commodity. They are also in the minority as the Teacher's unions are one of the largest left wing political support groups.

    In a word: California. You described our school systems out here, with such outrageous actions as school-mandated viewing of An Inconvenient Truth, which I've talked about in the past.


    Now, I'm going to venture into a more positive forum place like reloading or rifle competition. Discussing the teaching profession with you is a waste of time.

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    My view is quite simple. Public schools as a whole no longer are institutions of education as I believe it should be (education without social indoctrination) but rather a bastion of liberal indoctrination administered by union owned government paid employees. That private schools or home schooling offer better education alternatives and education is better off in the hands of free enterprise. Those non union teachers NOT recieving a government check.......this rant does NOT apply to you. Our government is heading toward socialism, unions fund the socialist canditates, union employees are educating our children, the teachers union is one of the strongest allies to the socialist left.

    I'm no sycophant, but I agree with Hawg's perspectives 100%.
     

    LAke

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    we have land in another county and pay all taxes on it,
    have not lived on it in 35+ years
    water, education, road, water canal manitance,....
     

    oldguy

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    Exactly - and THAT is something I'd like to see changed. Don't know how to do it fairly, but it would SEEM to me that after a certain age, folks should be exempt from school taxes. I put 4 kids through school - have paid school taxes in excess of $3k/year now for 35 years - shouldn't there be a point in time where it's "enough"??

    Same here, If I live 20 more years I will have paid more property tax on my home then I originally paid for it, I guess if I could see some good from the tax however my county appears to waste like drunk sailors mostly on providing family members various jobs throughout the county.

    Property tax IMO should not be used to provide for schools.
     
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