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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Interesting to note that it is the much-demonized upper middle class and gentrifiers who are paying the lion's share of taxes to fund the DC school system, yet it is they who continually face the most resistance toward actually having their students' needs met by the DC school system.[/quote]

No one is paying the lion's share of taxes.  Everyone is paying their fair share.

Tax money that pays for public schools is used for all citizens based on their being citizens living in the same society, not  based on their stature within the society.  [/quote]

Yes, some of us are indeed paying several times more than others - The "lion's share".  We all pay in, but we don't all pay in equally.

Here's the DC CFO's most recent tax burden analysis which backs it up: http://www.cfo.dc.gov/cfo/frames.asp?doc=/cfo/lib/cfo/10-metro.pdf

As for what we get back in return, that's not equal either.  We get mediocre schools that are dumbed down, schools that are little more than glorified daycares, schools that graduate cohort after cohort of illiterate kids.  That's what the voices that get listened to have brought the city.  The voices that actually care about getting their kids a decent education, the ones who actually want to get their kids into college, the ones who are paying 2, 3, and 4 times more than others - are [i]not[/i] listened to, and are fought every step of the way.

So much for equity.[/quote]

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