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[Xville]

Great, so if home schooling is the choice the parents should be reimbursed part of their taxes, correct?

Yeah just like I should since I send my kids to private school.

[Strange Brew]

Yeah just like I should since I send my kids to private school.

You would in my County in the form of a voucher.

[xu82]

You would in my County in the form of a voucher.

Strange little aside, but on my birthday next month I turn 62 and the school board portion of the tax bill goes away. Neighbors tell us it’s about 2/3 of the tax bill so we’ll save over $5k. Not a bad BDay present.

I don’t mind paying for education. In fact, it’s one of the best things I can pay for, IMO. I guess they get everybody to pay at some point, then they just make the numbers work.

[Xville]

Strange little aside, but on my birthday next month I turn 62 and the school board portion of the tax bill goes away. Neighbors tell us it’s about 2/3 of the tax bill so we’ll save over $5k. Not a bad BDay present.

I don’t mind paying for education. In fact, it’s one of the best things I can pay for, IMO. I guess they get everybody to pay at some point, then they just make the numbers work.

Frankly I think it’s complete bullshit I have to pay for other people’s kids to go to school especially when the public schools around here are beyond awful. However, then again I’m probably paying for much worse things for other people than school.

[xu82]

Frankly I think it’s complete bullshit I have to pay for other people’s kids to go to school especially when the public schools around here are beyond awful. However, then again I’m probably paying for much worse things for other people than school.

We often had the kids in private school. We paid the non-Catholic rate even though we were Catholic because the excess went to those in need of tuition assistance. They needed it more than we did. Never resented a single penny. Many of our kids friends could not have gone there without some help.

Your taxes are also paying for police, firemen, etc but I was very surprised education amounted to 2/3 of our property tax. Then you think of all the brick and mortar, teachers, staff, school bus drivers, etc and I guess that’s about right.