> People HATE paying school tax when they don't have children in school or never had children in school. Recently (well, a few years ago), there was a controve

> People HATE paying school tax when they don't have children in school or never had children in school. Recently (well, a few years ago), there was a controversy in my home state about the removal of funding for bus transport to and from magnet schools. I went to one of those magnet schools - as did my two older siblings. I brought it up talking to my dad (who still lives there), and he said, "well, I don't have a horse in that race anymore." Meanwhile, those schools' academic ratings are plummeting...