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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not really getting the OP's point...

The private school parents pay property taxes also so the school they choose to pay and send THEIR children to, should also pay taxes because???  Aren't private schools an educational institution just like any other school?

Sometimes the jealousy on DCUM borders on juvenile...  oh wait, I would think that juvenile would be unfair, you would expect your children to be more mature.

BTW my children do not attend private schools, no way we could afford one in this area.[/quote]

No.  What are you not understanding?  The point is why are these schools -- with their endowments and access to multi-millions of fundraising dollars (which are typically used for lavish facilities and the like) -- exempted from paying property taxes?  Why?  The schools are not engaged in an altruistic public service.  They provide a very expensive, private service for a very few.  They are not engaged in a public service of any kind.  They should pay property taxes.

My god. What is the matter with you.  Let me guess, under your theory, we should also exempt private country clubs from paying property taxes because they are in the business of providing exercise for their members and, after all, this way their members aren't overburdening the county pools.  Ridiculous! :roll:

These schools are educating a very small number of children in ways that create a vulgar gap between haves and have-nots.  I could understand such a tax exemption if the schools were a true public service: spent down their large endowments, charged no tuition and were 100% merit-based (no legacies, no connections, etc.).  If that were the case, no problem.  That would be in the true spirit of a non-profit exemption.  But to essentially use tax exemptions to perpetuate an exclusionary system: no.[/quote]

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