[Sabatier]

"My property taxes have skyrocketed from what 10 years ago amounted to 2 weeks takehome pay to nearly 2 MONTHS takehome pay. And this with the same job and same house. It's all due to the school district having to more than double it's buildings, increase the ESL classes, and not only is the free lunch program growing but now we have free breakfast."

Very interesting point. There's one of the "hidden" costs of illegal immigration that often gets overlooked.

By the way, here's a chart that shows some interesting numbers, total yearly USA expenditures on Public Elementary and Secondary Education from 1961 through 2003.

Long story short, we spend almost 4 times as much now on education as we did 40 years ago.

[mtbopfuyn]

Interesting chart. Thanks.

[Arizona Carolyn]

And our school districts are falling behind -- afterall most graduates can't even locate Mississippi there days -- Why do I suspect a lot of that additional money we all pay is going to bilingual education... the thing that drew Tom Tancredo into Congress.