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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It would be a good test.  Charge the property tax and watch the schools close spilling tens of thousands of kids into the public school system.   Bus them, feed them, find teachers and classrooms (entire schools actually- unless the states want to buy their buildings) for them. . .  All with no additional tax money since those parents have already paid it.  Sure the budget would be adjusted but that money would have to get shuffled from somewhere else.  I'd love to see it!  [/quote]

Well theoretically they would be getting extra property tax from the schools right?  I do agree that if your scenario came about (and I'm not sure it would) it would be a huge burden.[/quote]

But not enough to offset the amt of money it takes to educate all of the private schools kids who would now be in public schools. [/quote]

That's probably not true. I mean, it would be true if all of the land that the private schools are now on would sit vacant forever once the private schools closed. But that's unlikely. You're also assuming that lots and lots of private schools would close if they had to pay property taxes.[/quote]
OP I agree that private's population wouldn't disappear with property tax or sale tax or whatever other punitive measures you wanted to stick it to us private school parents.  They may change with fewer people in a traditional private.  I bet you are the same person complaining about CC enrichment programs.  Why do you want to punish people who are paying for two systems?  Trust me the Sidwell crowd is paying is more than their fair share of taxes.  Once you get into the higher income brackets, it is amazing how much you have to pay out.[/quote]

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