[kearnyirish2]

“No, those without children should receive a partial refund of property taxes.”

I understand the logic but it could never happen logisitically; if our schools were paid for by the parents using them teachers would be earning $10,000 per year. I have no objection to that, but the teachers’ unions are the ones fighting to ensure that EVERYONE is contributing to their till.

[silverleaf]

all of society benefits from producing educated citizens, so all of society needs to contribute to funding public education- this is what our nation decided a long time ago, so that ship has sailed

The problem has become the tax burden dumped on property owners as if they were all “rich” or willing to pay anything levied on them, to save their homes. Eventually there just are not enough bucks. This needs to change

[tnlibertarian]

if our schools were paid for by the parents using them teachers would be earning $10,000 per year

My son's school is paid for by the parents, and the teachers make a lot more than $10,000. Probably less than at public schools, but not much less. Plus, I still pay for everyone else's kids' school, too.