Paying for schools is mandated, you have to do it. Police, fire, ambulance, etc., are optional so they are the first to go. In a perfect world you could fire 90% of the worthless teachers and keep the police.
“In a perfect world you could fire 90% of the worthless teachers and keep the police.”
What Fer? Unless you have a “thing” for young bucks with shaved heads and muscles they are pretty worthless.
Who mandates this? I would just privitize the schools anf cut property taxes by the equivalent amount that used to run the schools.
America could do just fine without public schools and the police.