I have a good friend who owns his home outright. It's a small mother/daughter split-level type in a CRAPPY neighborhood - Hempstead, NY.
Though it's paid off, he still gets to pay nearly $1,500 per month in property tax because the lefty govenmental theives in the Nassau County Hempstead irresponsibly piss his money away.
The home has been in his family for around 40 years.
Also, my daughter will never, EVER set even one single toe in a public school. Hence, why should I have pay for her education, then pay again for some stranger's kids to go to a school where they're likely not to learn very much - except how to hate everything I stand for?
I understand the frustration with the school part of the tax bill; I find that frustrating as well (it is the main reason many Catholic schools in NJ are either closed or winding down). Those taxes are higher than mine, but I know some people in nearby areas in NJ prefer higher taxes and the segregation it brings (along class lines, as opposed to race) than to simply having the taxes re-distributed at the state level and moving low-income housing into their neighborhood.
$1,500 per month? In Hempstead? Are you sure? My escrow, which includes property tax and insurance isn’t much more than that for the entire year.
“The home has been in his family for around 40 years. Also, my daughter will never, EVER set even one single toe in a public school. Hence, why should I have pay for her education, then pay again for some stranger’s kids to go to a school where they’re likely not to learn very much - except how to hate everything I stand for? “
Another good question. Something has gone terribly wrong in the Untied States.
Also, my daughter will never, EVER set even one single toe in a public school. Hence, why should I have pay for her education, then pay again for some stranger’s kids to go to a school where they’re likely not to learn very much - except how to hate everything I stand for?
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If we just charged parents a bit for the public school of their choice, and did away with property taxes, we’d grow our economy AND improve our education system by leaps and bounds.
Nothing also gets to me more also than the uber rich parents pulling up to the “free” public school in their Lexus, or what have you.
Everyone should pay at least SOMETHING for their child’s education. This idea of a “free” education is ridiculous. Those who use it should pay - and no one else.
We NEVER own our homes here and it sucks!!! And you can't get more bull's eye than your assessment of public schools!
Exactly. You can never own real property -- you can only lease it from the government.
Replace the property tax with user fees for government functions. Nobody should have to pay for what they don't use.
” I have a good friend who owns his home outright. It’s a small mother/daughter split-level type in a CRAPPY neighborhood - Hempstead, NY.
Though it’s paid off, he still gets to pay nearly $1,500 per month in property tax “
That is INSANE!!
Post of the year.
“Also, my daughter will never, EVER set even one single toe in a public school”
Even if she did, I doubt her education would be worth the $18,000 per year your family is apparently paying in property taxes. Good grief.