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Wow! Downvoted because I think keeping schools open is more important than a 1% tax cut for the rich. Real classy.

lotharbot 15y ago
If you want to have a discussion about school funding and tax cuts, submit a blog post or article about it. Please don't take a dump all over someone else's discussion. That's not something the HN community appreciates, which is why it tends to result in downvotes (for you and those arguing against you.) Don't complain about downvotes; change your behavior.
- jeffreymcmanus 15y ago
  You're acting as if there's no relationship between tax revenue and school funding. There quite obviously is.
  - lotharbot 15y ago
    I never denied the relationship between them. I just said that this isn't the place to have that discussion. If you want to have the discussion, submit a blog post about it.
    - jeffreymcmanus 15y ago
      If there is a relationship between them, then this is certainly the place to have the discussion. It sounds like you want to have a discussion about throwing eggs while conveniently ignoring the discussion about cleaning up the mess.
      - lotharbot 15y ago
        If I may torture your analogy a bit: if you're going to argue about cleaning up egg yolks splattered all over the place, talking to people who are holding plastic Easter eggs isn't going to be very productive. Whatever you might say about tax revenue and public schools in SF, it's not relevant to a discussion this particular tax (which isn't enforced, doesn't generate revenue, was never contributing to public education budgets, and whose only effect seems to be to encourage startups to form contingency relocation plans if it ever does get to be enforced.) We could be having a great discussion about tax revenue, public education, etc. But we're not, and neither is anyone else in this thread, because it's really a completely tangential topic. I would love to have the discussion, which is why I again request that you submit a blog post or article that's directly relevant rather than trying to wedge the discussion into a thread where it doesn't belong.

If you want to have a discussion about school funding and tax cuts, submit a blog post or article about it. Please don't take a dump all over someone else's discussion. That's not something the HN community appreciates, which is why it tends to result in downvotes (for you and those arguing against you.) Don't complain about downvotes; change your behavior.

jeffreymcmanus 15y ago
You're acting as if there's no relationship between tax revenue and school funding. There quite obviously is.
- lotharbot 15y ago
  I never denied the relationship between them. I just said that this isn't the place to have that discussion. If you want to have the discussion, submit a blog post about it.
  - jeffreymcmanus 15y ago
    If there is a relationship between them, then this is certainly the place to have the discussion. It sounds like you want to have a discussion about throwing eggs while conveniently ignoring the discussion about cleaning up the mess.
    - lotharbot 15y ago
      If I may torture your analogy a bit: if you're going to argue about cleaning up egg yolks splattered all over the place, talking to people who are holding plastic Easter eggs isn't going to be very productive. Whatever you might say about tax revenue and public schools in SF, it's not relevant to a discussion this particular tax (which isn't enforced, doesn't generate revenue, was never contributing to public education budgets, and whose only effect seems to be to encourage startups to form contingency relocation plans if it ever does get to be enforced.) We could be having a great discussion about tax revenue, public education, etc. But we're not, and neither is anyone else in this thread, because it's really a completely tangential topic. I would love to have the discussion, which is why I again request that you submit a blog post or article that's directly relevant rather than trying to wedge the discussion into a thread where it doesn't belong.