do single, childless people pay public school tax? is it the same amount as a family of nine kids? I'm not single or childless but I dont understand why people with one kid pays the same as for somebody with nine, twelve or twenty kids. its ridiculous if its true.
2007-08-22 16:02:12 · 6 answers · asked by get dent 3 in Business & Finance ➔ Taxes ➔ United States
according to property tax? that isnt right at all. i still dont think its fair and i agree that gays shouldnt have to pay.
2007-08-22 16:18:44 · update #1
Generally public education is funded by property taxes, which are dependent on the value of your house, not how many children you have. So, yes, childless people do pay for public schools through their taxes, but since they are childless, their houses should not be as big as someone who has children, and therefore they should be paying less in property taxes for having a smaller house.
2007-08-22 16:08:51 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In most of the United States, schools are funded by some federal grants and some state grants but mainly through the collection of personal property tax within the area that the school covers. If you have 0 to 10 children it has no effect on the amount of property tax you pay. There generally are tax exemptions of a certain level of property for those over 65 in many states. One thing that has always bugged me is that my children have always gone to private schools and I still pay the same taxes, the private school tuition and I feel I should at least be able to deduct this. Okay off my soapbox.
2007-08-22 23:37:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Public schools are funded primarily though property taxes. Property taxes are based upon the value of the property, not the size of the family that lives in the property.
Businesses pay property taxes as well and contribute a significant portion of the tax revenue that supports public education though businesses don't have children.
Procreation is the norm. If you choose to not procreate, you get no tax break for not doing so.
2007-08-22 23:17:51 · answer #3 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Public education is called by that name because it is PROVIDED by the public. Everyone who owns property in the community pays a portion of the school tax.
It's not called PUBLIC because people with kids don't have to pay the full cost of educating them.
There is a gay couple living next door to me right now who have 6 children, and those kids are all in school. You assume gay people don't have children?
People who don't own cars pay highway taxes.
People who aren't in jail pay for correction facilities.
People who don't sue anyone pay for courthouses.
People who don't need public assistance pay for welfare.
There is apparently much you don't understand about a civilized society.
2007-08-24 23:25:27 · answer #4 · answered by Let me steer you 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Education has been considered a public burden in this country since the early 1600s. Everybody pays to support it and everybody benefits from having universal education. If people with few children don't pay to educate the children of the ultra-fertile, they will have to pay later to support a large number of unproductive drones. (btw: I only had two children, not 20 and paid extra to send them to private school as well as paying taxes to support public schools.)
2007-08-23 01:07:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everyone pays the same. Not fair really. They should at least let gays out of paying for other people's breeding.
2007-08-22 23:09:22 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋