The Cellar - View Single Post - Should taxpayer dollars be used to fund private education?

footfootfoot · 01-11-2007, 11:02 PM

I pay about $800. a year in school taxes. I don't plan on sending my kids to our local school for a very long list of reasons. If I could opt out of paying my taxes I would, because a good portion of my taxes is going to pork barrel stuff.

I seriously doubt that if people could opt out you'd see the mass exodus of students since the law requires that they be schooled. (NY law anyway) and in our state it is more expensive to home school than to pay your school tax, and you need to be at home instead of work to home school or you need to spend a heck of a lot more than $800. to send your kid to a private school.

You just won't see the numbers fleeing if opting out was possible.

What percentage of your tax dollars are actually going to things you agree with anyway? Any guesses?

01-11-2007, 11:02 PM	#13
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	I pay about $800. a year in school taxes. I don't plan on sending my kids to our local school for a very long list of reasons. If I could opt out of paying my taxes I would, because a good portion of my taxes is going to pork barrel stuff. I seriously doubt that if people could opt out you'd see the mass exodus of students since the law requires that they be schooled. (NY law anyway) and in our state it is more expensive to home school than to pay your school tax, and you need to be at home instead of work to home school or you need to spend a heck of a lot more than $800. to send your kid to a private school. You just won't see the numbers fleeing if opting out was possible. What percentage of your tax dollars are actually going to things you agree with anyway? Any guesses? __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs