re: #607 sattv4u2

By that logic can someone who is against the war begin withholding their taxes that go to pay for the military? BAd anaolgy for two (obvious) reasons

A) the military (for the defense of this country) benefits ALL of us and it’s voluntary to boot.
B) If you are in the militray and didn’t like it it’s not like you can go to ANOTHER military and have to pay out of pocket for that one while at the same time still paying for the US military

But that doesn’t mean you are entitled to not pay the taxes that go towards funding it.

Why not?

You can’t selectively decide which government services to pay taxes towards because then nobody would pay any of their taxes. Public education is a public good just like police protection, or military protection, or many other government services.

The amount of property taxes you pay towards education is not directly correlated with the amount of education your child is receiving at school. A rich person with a huge house and no kids might pay $20,000 in property taxes and use zero public education. A poor person may pay $2,000 in property taxes but send 4 children to public school.

Allowing everyone to pull their tax money would destroy the public education system. Which it appears you would be in favor of. As if our nation’s one in seven adult illiteracy rate wasn’t high enough. Privatize the education system and see how well that impacts the nation.