I didn’t have children, but I’m happy to pay property taxes. Property taxes pay for schools and I don’t want to live in a society with stupid people. *
Property taxes paying for schools is a remnant of redlining. More affluent districts with nicer houses end up with more funding per student, and “bad” areas where minorities live because of literal centuries of economic disadvantage continue to get shafted.
I think we should ditch property taxes and replace them with much higher state-level progressive taxes that are distributed so that every public school student gets the a good education.
the problem is that every state that has done that has shit education system now. and the states that have the best public education are the ones who are most reliable on local property taxes…
that’s often because in education throwing money at problems isn’t the answer. bad school districts often pay more per kid than good districts do and get far worse outcomes.
education is a cultural problem, not a money problem. rich areas with good taxes tend to value education a lot and push their children to succeed, and they do. poor areas, don’t do that.
i grew up poor. trying to be a successful student was socially punished by everyone in my community. they all wanted you to be failures like themselves. my own parents would take my book away from me and harass me for ‘being a nerd’. they wanted me to sit on my ass and do nothing all weekend like they did.
stupid people don’t want their kids to be successful.
Oklahoma has state taxes guess what it isn’t helping anyone most definitely the poor. Not sure what they do with those funds but it doesn’t go to roads or helping schools.
I didn’t have children, but I’m happy to pay property taxes. Property taxes pay for schools and I don’t want to live in a society with stupid people. *
* or stupider than they have to be
Property taxes paying for schools is a remnant of redlining. More affluent districts with nicer houses end up with more funding per student, and “bad” areas where minorities live because of literal centuries of economic disadvantage continue to get shafted.
I think we should ditch property taxes and replace them with much higher state-level progressive taxes that are distributed so that every public school student gets the a good education.
the problem is that every state that has done that has shit education system now. and the states that have the best public education are the ones who are most reliable on local property taxes…
that’s often because in education throwing money at problems isn’t the answer. bad school districts often pay more per kid than good districts do and get far worse outcomes.
education is a cultural problem, not a money problem. rich areas with good taxes tend to value education a lot and push their children to succeed, and they do. poor areas, don’t do that.
i grew up poor. trying to be a successful student was socially punished by everyone in my community. they all wanted you to be failures like themselves. my own parents would take my book away from me and harass me for ‘being a nerd’. they wanted me to sit on my ass and do nothing all weekend like they did.
stupid people don’t want their kids to be successful.
Most countries don’t do the absurd funding the local public school using the district’s property taxes thing, but they still have property taxes.
Oklahoma has state taxes guess what it isn’t helping anyone most definitely the poor. Not sure what they do with those funds but it doesn’t go to roads or helping schools.