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"If people really wanted to spend more on education, why don't they vote to raise their own property taxes?" They can vote for more funding all they want, but
by caseysoftware 13y ago
"If people really wanted to spend more on education, why don't they vote to raise their own property taxes?"
They can vote for more funding all they want, but they know the funding can go anywhere once it's approved.
For example, in 2012 Prop 30 in California was supposed to go to the education system.. turns out it went to cover bad investments and otherwise non-education expenses racked up elsewhere:
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/11/18/Surprise-California-Education-Tax-Hike-Will-Go-To-Wall-Street-Cronies http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/11/18/Surprise-...
If you want to make sure your money goes somewhere, you need to spend it on that.
- glesica 13y agoThat's why I only addressed local property taxes. Local people have more control when the scope of government in question is smaller. A single town raising its own taxes to pay for its own schools is unlikely to run into as many problems. I know this works, because this is what people did where I grew up. Will it work everywhere? No, that was part of my point. Many people just don't value education enough to spend more money on it than they absolutely must. Another thing to keep in mind. The article says that "students are the customers". But this is false. Parents are the customers. So what you've got to compare is South Korean parents and American parents.