When public schools rely on income tax, why do people with kids get deductions but people with no kids don't?

Question

I get annoyed when I go to a cash register and the clerks can't count, and when writers can't spell and use bad grammar, and when High School kids can't read. I don't think the parents of those kids are entitled to waste my money to pay for schools, when they don't have to put any money in at all. Does anyone else think this is unfair? Can anyone provide a rational justification for this?

Answer 1

because you didn't reproduce, therefore you need someone who can care for you in your old age. how is it unfair for the young to draw resources for the old? did you go to public school? maybe you're paying for that now...

my parents have been taking care of their parents now for the past 15 years. you may look at these kids and think they are useless, but you will definitely appreciate any skills they've got when you can't drive anymore. the parents bear the brunt of paying for raising the next generation, so you're getting off cheap when you consider how nice it is to live in a society with lots of energetic young people. who do you think will be wiping your *** in the home?

Answer 2

Parents pay taxes just like you do. They get a minimal deduction for having a child. The deduction doesn't even cover providing food, clothing and shelter for the child, let alone education. Parents can make a pretty good argument that the deduction should be higher, and it is higher in many countries, because parents are shouldering all of the expenses of bringing up a child, and society will presumably benefit when that child enters the workforce. And public schools are funded to a large extent from property taxes, not income taxes.

But most importantly, the reason that everyone must pay for public education, regardless of how many kids you have in public school, is that everyone benefits from public education. If you think the education level of store clerks is bad now, because of the dismal state of our public education system, imagine what it would be like if no one except parents were required to pay for public education. It would be a lot worse, because parents of kids in public schools can't afford to pay for the whole cost of public education. Our economy would suffer tremendously, and you probably wouldn't want to live in a society of illiterates.

Answer 3

Well, normally it's property tax and sales tax that go for the schools more so than income tax. Do you prefer to pay for the other social programs such as welfare, etc that allows people to not work and then when they file their taxes they get an earned income credit because they earned below a certain $ amount.

I'd rather pay into the school system. There is no rational justification, but no one ever said life was fair!

Answer 4

Sure, because by the time you do have a child, those same stupid kids you are talking about will probably be your kid's teachers. It isn't the taxpayer's faults that some kids iq's are going to be low. Are you a genious? I don't mind taking care of the kids in school with my taxes. That is what being an American is all about. As far as your first run on sentence, take a look in the mirror. Who told you that working parents tax money doesn't go into schools. Sounds like you need to go back to school.

Answer 5

public schools are mainly supported by Property Taxes. EVERYONE pays property taxes, home owners and renters. Everybody benefits when children are educated. The punk down the street that learns to read and write may get a decent job and raise a family, more importantly, move away from you. But if almost every kid were uneducated they certainly would spend more time being a delinquent and criminal than contributing citizen in your city.

Dumb people bring a city down, educated people have options and build up their city.

Answer 6

The public schools continue to get a BUNDLE of my income tax money and MOST of my personal property tax money, against my will, and by the vote of the simple majority (that's 50.0001%) that are simply stealing from me to send THEIR kids to school. And some public school jurisdictions are so incompetent and so corrupt that students don't have a chance for a good education.

It's time for all Americans to recognize the wonderful job that is being done by the many privately funded schools, most of which encourage and financially support students from all walks of life and regardless of race or religion. It's time for more federal and state funding of student vouchers, so that all students can afford to go to schools of their choice.

Answer 7

most states use personal property taxes to pay for schools. and, having a kid, I can tell you that I spend way more than the income tax credit i get. I still have to pay a lot of money each school year on supplies, food, activities, etc. in addition to my taxes, so count yourself lucky. If you dont want to support schools, then dont buy a house!

Answer 8

Actually, public schools are primarily funded by property taxes, not income taxes. No justification for your mistaken assumptioin is therefore needed.

Answer 9

In PA the Schools are funded by the Property owner's Real Estate taxes. and if you don't pay them, they simply put your house up for Sheriff Sale. Talk about unfair.....

Answer 10

In Texas, public schools are funded with property taxes (no state income tax). No one gets a break.