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A lot of those are currently funded (in the US) from local taxes: property and sales tax (at least that's how it is where I live, in a California county). Schoo

A lot of those are currently funded (in the US) from local taxes: property and sales tax (at least that's how it is where I live, in a California county). School, police and fire departments are locally-funded. Getting rid of income taxes would not impact these. (EDIT: the GP was proposing abolition of all personal taxes, but the one that comes up the most in discussions is the personal income tax; we could just eliminate that one).

mikeyouse 13y ago
For the record, ~10% of California's K-12 budget comes from Federal funds, $5.5 Billion in 2009.[1] The Feds pay hundreds of millions per year in grants to local Police forces[2] and similarly large amounts to firefighters.[3] [1] - http://www.cbp.org/pdfs/2009/090202_SFF_HowSchoolsGetTheirMoney.pdf http://www.cbp.org/pdfs/2009/090202_SFF_HowSchoolsGetTheirMo... [2] - http://www.cops.usdoj.gov/Default.asp?Item=2367 http://www.cops.usdoj.gov/Default.asp?Item=2367 [3] - http://www.fema.gov/welcome-assistance-firefighters-grant-program http://www.fema.gov/welcome-assistance-firefighters-grant-pr...