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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]At these tax rates[/b], don't be surprised when parents start pushing for more segregation in schools to remove or sequester low-performing ESOL kids. While it will seem harsh, all kids deserve a great education, and none should be held back by classmates that don't speak English or who don't want to learn. [/quote]

I am a bit confused by your framing of this issue as driven by tax rates. You seem to be arguing that high property tax rates go hand in glove with public demands for segregation in public education? Does that really bear out across the country: do the areas with higher property tax rates demand segregation?

I have heard it spun the opposite way many times in the context of the cap on federal deductions for state and local taxes, with “politically blue” areas being hit harder by the cap because they face higher property taxes. That is to say that  areas with higher property taxes across the country are cast as “liberal enclaves” that may “push woke education agendas” and those with lower property taxes are more “right wing” that likely to “push vouchers that kill public schools.”

I am not too familiar with “liberal enclaves” calling for more segregation, so it makes OP’s prediction a weird, hot take.

Can I play the game, too?

At these tax rates, don't be surprised when parents start pushing for more intelligent design to be taught is schools and less discussion of evolution and science. Sounds weird, right?

I know people throw a lot of ideas on the wall on this anonymous forum to see what sticks, but OP seems to have simply thrown something and missed the wall entirely. [/quote]

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