• partial_accumen
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    -52 days ago

    No, that’s how American K-12 schools are funded.

    Partially true, but not absolutely. K-12 in many places in the USA are funded through property taxes. I’m in the USA and my public school system is funded via income tax. No property taxes go to school.

    That and infrastructure.

    True in some places. False in others. Some places derive income from high property taxes. Other places choose high sales taxes. Yet others do it on income tax.

    Which is why poor areas have worse schools and roads; and police from outside their tax area. Which is both a great way to punish the poor in the old school protestant fashion and force them out the second the wealthy want their land.

    Again, partially true. Some states have state taxes that fund various projects at the municipal level irrespective of the wealth of the locality.

    I don’t disagree that a more equitble system for funding schools should be designed and implemented, but you know know that because I’m trying to have that discussion with you in another thread and you’re weak as water on that and won’t discuss any specifics except “someone else should pay”.

    And you know exactly what I mean by paying in his entire life.

    I know your words on that don’t match reality, and you’re skipping a really important part of that reality. I’ll admit I was wrong one part of that. I said he likely started “paying into the system at age 18”. We know thats wrong. His sign tells us he built his house at age 25. Age 25 is when he would be first paying the property taxes he’s complaining about. So he’s spent even less time paying into the system and already wants to be except from it for the society benefits he still gets.

    Finally, paying half your income on property taxes is not financially sustainable. It’s ridiculous to me that you would even pretend it is.

    Again, you’re making stuff up from nothing. What are his expenses? He owns his house. He’s retired so his healthcare is covered by Medicare. If he’s living on just social security he’s likely not even paying income tax because his income is low. What are his other expenses? Food? Clothing? Electricity? Water? He might have a well and not even have that bill. Are you saying half his income can’t cover those things? Further, we have no idea what he earned in life. Did he spend it on stupid stuff? We don’t know. I’m certainly not claiming any of my assumptions of him as fact, but that isn’t stopping you from doing so.

    • @Maggoty
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      42 days ago

      So you’re just doubling down on what if this and that.

      • partial_accumen
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        -12 days ago

        So you’re just doubling down on what if this and that.

        No. I pointed out many things that are unambiguous with the information that was actually reported on the sign.

        Or to use your level of speech: So you’re just doubling down on projecting your own narrative that is contradicted by the only actual information that sign communicates?