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Her father, registered in that school district, obviously pays the taxes; So there's no reason why it would not cover the tuition of her chidren. You're just d

Her father, registered in that school district, obviously pays the taxes; So there's no reason why it would not cover the tuition of her chidren. You're just dropped back from "it's fair that way" to "the rules say that way". It's not like that his taxes are of a different color than her taxes, right? So it should not matter where the children go to school, it's still fair.

burgerbrain 15y ago
"It's not like that his taxes are of a different color than her taxes, right?" I'm not sure, but I believe that people with children in their household pay more school taxes.
- guard-of-terra 15y ago
  It's not a tax then, but rather a teaching fee. A conditional tax is a fee. Why can't she choose a school freely and pay a fee where she wants to?
  - burgerbrain 15y ago
    Eh, my understanding is that everybody (over a certain income level of course) pays it, but some people pay more and some people pay less. Kind of like how different people get taxed different amounts for different property. I'll have to look into this, I'm not terribly familiar with it since I have someone do my taxes for me..
    - guard-of-terra 15y ago
      I afraid then, it's hard to reason whether something is "fair" or "not fair", given the sheer compexity of the system. Which is unfortunate: when you don't immediately understand what's fair and what's not, you have to apply rules first. And rules are just like violence: If they fail, add more rules.
- kenjackson 15y ago
  Not in the district I live in. Except that the city does collect a sales tax, which someone with 15 kids would presumably pay more of than someone with no kids. But in general taxes and school levies aren't at all correlated with number of children.
- cafard 15y ago
  Schools are in general funded by taxes on real estate--which in my opinion is not a good thing, but is the way it is in the US. The couples with infants on our block and the empty-nesters pay taxes for the school system, just like the families with kids in the public schools and families with kids in private schools. I don't object to paying taxes for schools without having a child enrolled in them. However, I think that real estate taxation is not a good way to fund the schools.
guard-of-terra 15y ago
Mandatory Herluf Bidstrup: http://www.herluf-bidstrup.ru/bidstrup1_30.htm http://www.herluf-bidstrup.ru/bidstrup1_30.htm
bconway 15y ago
Many states allow you to opt out of paying for schools in your property taxes after a certain point (usually retirement age). It drops the tax rate significantly for older folks, obviously shifting the burden to those in child-rearing years.

burgerbrain 15y ago

"It's not like that his taxes are of a different color than her taxes, right?" I'm not sure, but I believe that people with children in their household pay more school taxes.

guard-of-terra 15y ago
It's not a tax then, but rather a teaching fee. A conditional tax is a fee. Why can't she choose a school freely and pay a fee where she wants to?
- burgerbrain 15y ago
  Eh, my understanding is that everybody (over a certain income level of course) pays it, but some people pay more and some people pay less. Kind of like how different people get taxed different amounts for different property. I'll have to look into this, I'm not terribly familiar with it since I have someone do my taxes for me..
  - guard-of-terra 15y ago
    I afraid then, it's hard to reason whether something is "fair" or "not fair", given the sheer compexity of the system. Which is unfortunate: when you don't immediately understand what's fair and what's not, you have to apply rules first. And rules are just like violence: If they fail, add more rules.
kenjackson 15y ago
Not in the district I live in. Except that the city does collect a sales tax, which someone with 15 kids would presumably pay more of than someone with no kids. But in general taxes and school levies aren't at all correlated with number of children.
cafard 15y ago
Schools are in general funded by taxes on real estate--which in my opinion is not a good thing, but is the way it is in the US. The couples with infants on our block and the empty-nesters pay taxes for the school system, just like the families with kids in the public schools and families with kids in private schools. I don't object to paying taxes for schools without having a child enrolled in them. However, I think that real estate taxation is not a good way to fund the schools.

guard-of-terra 15y ago

Mandatory Herluf Bidstrup: http://www.herluf-bidstrup.ru/bidstrup1_30.htm http://www.herluf-bidstrup.ru/bidstrup1_30.htm

bconway 15y ago

Many states allow you to opt out of paying for schools in your property taxes after a certain point (usually retirement age). It drops the tax rate significantly for older folks, obviously shifting the burden to those in child-rearing years.