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I’ve always quipped that the idea that the highest property taxes fund the poorest areas, and vice-versa. While not feasible, the current situation is absurd.

• toyg 4y ago
  > While not feasible Well, that's effectively what happens in European systems, where schooling is basically run entirely by the State and funding is mostly distributed on a per-pupil basis - higher-income taxpayers effectively subsidize poorer areas. So it is, in fact, feasible. But Americans would probably call that illiberal or something.
  • singlow 4y ago
    That is what Texas does. Not 100 percent, but a majority of tax dollars for schools are paid to the state and redistributed to the districts based on attendance/enrollment. Rich areas might be able to use extra funds/donations for capital expenditures like fancier buildings or stadiums, but the tax money at largely redistributed.
  • rootusrootus 4y ago
    > But Americans would probably call that illiberal or something. Most Americans would call that pretty much how things actually happen here, too.
• genedan 4y ago
  Where I grew up in Texas, this was called the Robinhood Plan where rich districts sent money to poor ones: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Hood_plan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Hood_plan
  • mrexroad 4y ago
    Fascinating, I had no idea.