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Originally Posted by digitallagasse
Those with money don't just complain but have the power and resources to create change. Again I don't know how things work in PA but at least in NV and WA funding for public schools can be on the ballet. That is where the wealthy residents not using the public schools not only directly vote against funding levels the public schools need and hence the taxes supporting that funding. Even more important is the funding of the against campaign towards those ballot initiatives. They add in political power at local and state levels controlling funding for public schools. The public schools then get starved for the funds they need.
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Yeah, but I mean who the hell likes taxes? Also, I don't think some rich person with a 1.5 million dollar house is going to spend too much money campaigning to save a couple of thousand dollars a year in property taxes.