Is there other ways to fund public schools other than property taxes?
The government doesnt provide enough school funds for the state of ohio’s public school systems. And i am writing a argumentive paper proving this. What are other ways we can fund our schools?
Property taxes are based on the value of the property, you could use a Parcel tax which is a set amount per house like $200 per year per house, it could also be based on the number of people in the house or the number of bedrooms in the house.
Some, republicans, believe that you could run schools by donations from local businesses. Or by doing something similar to a charter school where parents are given an amount of money from the federal government to spend on whatever school they want, public or private. Where the parents would use that money to send their kids to public school.
I’m a proponent of 100% inheritance tax, used mostly to fund education. Where people would not be able to inherit money, it would go to the government. This would level the playing field where every man would be what he made of himself. People would get into college based mostly on their test scores and people that weren’t lucky enough to be born into wealthy families would be able to move up if they put in the effort and had the abilities.
Property taxes are based on the value of the property, you could use a Parcel tax which is a set amount per house like $200 per year per house, it could also be based on the number of people in the house or the number of bedrooms in the house.
Some, republicans, believe that you could run schools by donations from local businesses. Or by doing something similar to a charter school where parents are given an amount of money from the federal government to spend on whatever school they want, public or private. Where the parents would use that money to send their kids to public school.
I’m a proponent of 100% inheritance tax, used mostly to fund education. Where people would not be able to inherit money, it would go to the government. This would level the playing field where every man would be what he made of himself. People would get into college based mostly on their test scores and people that weren’t lucky enough to be born into wealthy families would be able to move up if they put in the effort and had the abilities.
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Many ways have been tried.
Property taxes, parents paying fees (similar to private schools), sales taxes, and combinations thereof among others.
People ALWAYS seem to believe that government money is the answer to everything; it isn’t, and just where do you think the government gets its money? FROM THE PEOPLE
Property taxes were found to be the best way to provide education for the majority of children in the area at the least cost per person, as it spreads the cost out over ALL owners of property rather than concentrating it on just those who have children in which case many could not afford to send their kids to school.
It also provides a more stable amount of funds, allowing for better budgeting of the money for expenses.
I think however that too much is spent on fancies and not enough on the basics. (Such as expecting everybody to go to college!)
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