We pay property taxes. In West Barnum Denver, that amounts to approximately 50% of the tax. I thank my parents (dead long ago) and West Barnum taxpayers for providing me with my K-12 education from 1962-1975 through property taxes. By the time preparation and opportunity came to us to have a kid, circumstances had it we were out of the W…
We pay property taxes. In West Barnum Denver, that amounts to approximately 50% of the tax. I thank my parents (dead long ago) and West Barnum taxpayers for providing me with my K-12 education from 1962-1975 through property taxes. By the time preparation and opportunity came to us to have a kid, circumstances had it we were out of the West Barnum but, as property owners, were still required to pay property taxes. We paid and are still paying for property taxes, including education, despite our kid never attending a DPS school. Our thoughts to the millions of Americans who feel that public education is a waste of time and have used personal choice to manipulate educational voucher exemptions for their children to attend whatever school they have decided their children to attend is their choice. However, it is an afront to us that (love it or hate it) have faithfully paid our property tax including the educational portion of the tax, to have to put up with those property owners that want public education at the expense of attending public education. To those who think that diverting public education funding is a choice for themselves and their kids, go ahead, keep them ignorant. It’s your choice. American public education is one of the greatest achievements in education globally. Niche public schools using diverted public taxes to fund them is absurd. Public schooling is a necessity, not a choice for us who live in large urban cities. Diverting public education funds for non-state-run schools denotes excluding one’s kids from the opportunity to contribute to society on an equal footing. Why would anyone want to deny their kids an equal footing in American society?
We pay property taxes. In West Barnum Denver, that amounts to approximately 50% of the tax. I thank my parents (dead long ago) and West Barnum taxpayers for providing me with my K-12 education from 1962-1975 through property taxes. By the time preparation and opportunity came to us to have a kid, circumstances had it we were out of the West Barnum but, as property owners, were still required to pay property taxes. We paid and are still paying for property taxes, including education, despite our kid never attending a DPS school. Our thoughts to the millions of Americans who feel that public education is a waste of time and have used personal choice to manipulate educational voucher exemptions for their children to attend whatever school they have decided their children to attend is their choice. However, it is an afront to us that (love it or hate it) have faithfully paid our property tax including the educational portion of the tax, to have to put up with those property owners that want public education at the expense of attending public education. To those who think that diverting public education funding is a choice for themselves and their kids, go ahead, keep them ignorant. It’s your choice. American public education is one of the greatest achievements in education globally. Niche public schools using diverted public taxes to fund them is absurd. Public schooling is a necessity, not a choice for us who live in large urban cities. Diverting public education funds for non-state-run schools denotes excluding one’s kids from the opportunity to contribute to society on an equal footing. Why would anyone want to deny their kids an equal footing in American society?