This reminds me of something that I read about what happened to General Motors in that what you nowadays pay for a brand new Chevy or Cadillac, that sizeable chunk of what is on the price tag represents healthcare costs and other goodies for GM retirees that the UAW browbeat that company into paying for.
So with your municipal taxes for schools, likely that good size of them doesn’t buy books or sports equipment or cover maintenance costs for the schools in your area, it instead covers pensions for these ones who want to pack it in and play golf and travel and do whatever else they please that good fifteen or even twenty years before many else of us do.
Yep, if it weren’t for the high labor costs a car might actually be affordable.
Robots will eventually replace most of the workers and then maybe the cost will come down.................