Let me not be afraid to defend the weak because of the anger of the strong.
Nor afraid to defend the poor because of the anger of the rich.
Alan Paton
By clinging to an outdated property-tax-dominated model, the state has created a system that punishes the middle class, shields accumulated wealth, and turns public education into a scapegoat for structural dysfunction.
By clinging to an outdated property-tax-dominated model, the state has created a system that punishes the middle class, shields accumulated wealth, and turns public education into a scapegoat for structural dysfunction.
Funding schools through local property taxes ties educational opportunity to property wealth.
Wealthy towns raise more money at lower rates.
Property-poor towns must impose high tax rates just to meet basic adequacy.
Funding schools through local property taxes ties educational opportunity to property wealth.
Wealthy towns raise more money at lower rates.
Property-poor towns must impose high tax rates just to meet basic adequacy.
This makes it politically easier to accuse schools of excess, and not admit that repeated tax cuts and repeal of the Interest and Dividends tax are the culprits.
This makes it politically easier to accuse schools of excess, and not admit that repeated tax cuts and repeal of the Interest and Dividends tax are the culprits.
It bears no relationship to a taxpayer’s ability to pay.
Middle-income homeowners, seniors on fixed incomes, & residents of property-poor towns pay a higher share of their income than wealthier households and communities.
It bears no relationship to a taxpayer’s ability to pay.
Middle-income homeowners, seniors on fixed incomes, & residents of property-poor towns pay a higher share of their income than wealthier households and communities.
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