Re: [Leica] OT Subsidies to private schools

[Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@pacbell.net>]

Gregj

Sure the parents are not exempt from school taxes, BUT the money
gets siphoned from the public till to pay the subsidy to the private
and church schools.

I never felt the need to remove my children from the La Jolla public
schools. (nor could I afford it if I did).

Jerry

gregj.lorenzo@shaw.ca wrote:

> > Jerry writes in part:
> >
> > <<And W. wants to subsidize those private schools, taking the money
> >
> > from public schools.  Therefore those bad public schools will be
> > worse,
> > with even less money per student.>>
>
> ...and LRZeitlin responds in part:
>
> >
> > This is a common misperception.
> >
> > > Second, even if vouchers are authorized by local communities to
> > subsidize
> > parents who send kids to private schools, the vouchers rarely pay
> > for more than a
> > small part of the tuition. More important, THE PARENTS ARE NOT
> > EXEMPT FROM
> > PAYING LOCAL SCHOOL TAXES. So the parents pay twice, first to send
> > the kids to
> > private schools, second to support the public schools in their
> > community. And
> > they pay those taxes as long as they live in the community, even
> > if they don't
> > have kids in school.
>
> I am a father and a taxpayer. I view my life long obligation to pay school taxes as being the way in which I repay the state for educating me.
>
> The fact that my children are currently being provided their primary schooling via partial state sponsored funding is not relevant to me.
>
> Regards,
>
> Greg
>
> >
> >
>
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