[Wphile]

Since the largest expenditures of most states governments is education...and most states are running deficits...lets give an additional $400.00 tax break to the families that are actually using the education system.

Makes sense to me.( /sar)

Say what? The $400 tax break is a FEDERAL tax not a state tax. The states get very little money from the Federal government - about 9% of a school's budget comes from the Feds.

Maybe the States are running deficits because they are spending too much. Like California where spending has gone up 30% in the last two years. And maybe, the deficits are there because the economy is weak. Weak economy, less tax revenue. Weak economy, less tax revenue, and increased spending - that's why the state's are in the mess they are.

[Psycho_Bunny]

Say what? The $400 tax break is a FEDERAL tax not a state tax. The states get very little money from the Federal government - about 9% of a school's budget comes from the Feds.

It wouldn't matter to me if the Feds only paid .5%....the underline concept is still valid:  families with children use far more public resources than single, childless people.  Why then, do the families get the tax break? 

I should get the tax break: I don't have a kid in school.

[GretchenEE]

Re #82, in our state, if you look at the pattern when the dems are in control of the government, which is pretty much most of the time, our taxes are doled out in huge proportions to pay for the welfare state, but our public services, such as roads, are neglected to the point of abject failure of public officials to do their jobs.

Thanks for the speech link!