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Property Taxes Should Not Pay for Schools (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I do not have children, and I never will, yet my property taxes still go toward paying for schools. I'm happy to have my taxes pay for roads, infastructure improvement, fire, police, and all the other municipal services that benefit me as a resident of the county.

The government needs to determine the cost of educating a child from kindergarten to high school, divide this by 18, and apply it as a yearly tax to parents. Children deserve an education, but children also put an additional strain on society. I should not be forced to pay for someone else's decision to procreate.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

What about other people who don't drive cars or will never use police or fire services? Their tax money is paying for things they won't (but you will) use too. Driving a car is a choice.

Furthermore, your 'developing land for public use" comment is off-base too considering your local government will likely build roads and other infrastructure to said property paid for with tax money. So once again, other people are paying for services that benefit you.

Finally, if you're unwilling to pay for education, does that mean you are willing to pay more for jails and prisons? That's likely where a generation of kids who don't receive an education will end up. Do you think your tax money is better invested there and do you think jails will produce more productive members of society than school would?