Are you getting your money's worth from school taxes?

email | 11/11/02 | Craig J. Cantoni

[johnboy]

"I can only imagine the kind of offense the lib/dems and teachers union would mount against such a thing."

well, yeah. but can you imagine the kind of offense the lib/dems and teachers union would mount against jeb bush?

f*ck 'em, i say.

[Vic3O3]

And if you homeschool, it's even more depressing.

Well, depressing from a taxation standpoint, but at least your kids are not being raised/desocialized by the other little yard-apes in kiddie jail!

[Tired of Taxes]

I know people in New Jersey who are content to pay $9,000 per year in property taxes just because they are in a "good school system." How can you possibly say that you own your home when it costs you $750 per month to live there even after your mortgage is paid and your title is free and clear of all liens?

Too many people in NJ cannot do simple arithmetic. Right here in our little blue collar town, the voters just put the same people who raised their school taxes after the voters shot down the tax increase at the polls right back into office.

[Tired of Taxes]

Say no to vouchers; they're just a transfer of your wealth to the liberals. Demand your money back in the form of an Educational Tax Credit.

Thank you, thank you so much for saying that. Actually, I would prefer to be exempt from school tax altogether, but I'd settle for an education tax credit at first. Vouchers wouldn't be given to the people paying the bulk of school taxes - they'd only be awarded to the "needy" (i.e. the people not paying the bulk of the school taxes). Then, not only would we pay for public schools, but we'd pay for other people's children's private school education, too.

[Tired of Taxes]

It's good to hear someone else supporting the same position of education tax credits (as opposed to vouchers).

You must be in the same situation I'm in right now. Some of my children have been home educated, while some have been educated in private schools. And I'm to my neck in property taxes that are supposedly going toward educating someone else's childre. Well, I, like you, want my money back!!!!

I hear ya'! We live in South Jersey where the property taxes are way out of sync with the property values and families' incomes. Our children are all homeschooled right now, but we hope to send them to private schools in the future. Yet, we may not have that option as, like you, we're struggling to pay school taxes.

Thanks again for your comments! I hope the situation improves for all of us soon.