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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How can DC possibly confine such blatant by residency cheaters?  And, really, so  what if it takes  Time, energy and effort to prove your residency?  It takes all of the other DC citizens time energy and effort to earn the money they are paying in taxes to provide  education to all of these non-DC children.   Parents who have their kids in the public school system receive an enormous benefit by having their children educated for free.  The idea that they might, in the seemingly worst case scenario, need to collect a bit of documentation, and even take a portion of a day off work, seems perfectly reasonable in terms of an investment in fraud protection.   Do people really think that everyone else should squander their hard earned money paying taxes toward something that is wholly unnecessary, paying for the schooling of non-DC kids,  because if they don't feel like getting their documentation in order and it showing up to register with their kid if necessary.  Are people really that entitled? [/quote]

Are you really this stupid? Is this really what you believe happens, or are you interning at the daily caller for the price of a metro smart card and it's almost happy hour?[/quote]

Please explain what I stated that is incorrect.   I am a DC taxpayer.  Do my taxes not go toward the DC public schools?  Is it the  right of the DC school system to decide to spend my tax dollars educating non-DC students?   Is there any reasonable circumstance that would prohibit someone from providing proof of residence after using minimal to moderate diligence?   Please, tell me what I said that was incorrect?  [/quote]

A few things. First off, you're no DC taxpayer. And I won't believe you are... unless you prove it. Everything I've found in the fifteen minutes I've spent investigating you indicates you live in Alexandria, VA. Which is not DC. Also, not a big shock, because I can't see someone with as many rage issues as your Twitter feed suggests against the lazy government employees living among them.

I thought the part where you said this was the longest you had ever researched anything to be especially funny. To work this hard on an article and get so many facts so vaguely ill-defined and not all that factual! I wouldn't put it in with your clips.

Parents with children in public school are "not receiving an enormous benefit." They are getting something their taxes pay for. I am entirely against residency fraud. I don't mind the current system at all. And I, unlike you, am a real DC taxpayer, with children who go to a DC school. In DC. In a car. With DC plates.

But you're witch hunting, and not doing a very good job of it. Furthermore, I'm pretty sure you've been trolling these boards for a while now, using that and asking people on Twitter , where you should get your facts. It is all laughable, except for the part where you may have actually screwed with someone else's life because you "think" they are a "criminal."

Um, I'm the poster you're responding to.  I am not the author of the article and  have nothing to do with her organization.  I am a DC resident and taxpayer. I don't want my tax money spent on educating non-DC children.  I would prefer that that money go toward improving the education of children who are actually residents here, toward providing better services and other areas to DC residents, or that it remain in my own pocketbook rather then assisting Maryland counties with providing education for their residents.   I don't see how assuming that DC should take reasonable efforts to prevent fraud that results in the theft of a lot of taxpayer money is that all controversial.  And I don't see why people who get the benefit of having their children educated for free  cannot be expected to comply with basic anti-fraud protection efforts.   And if you prefer to call it tax payer funded, rather than free,  that's true.   Let's just say that it is highly, highly subsidized by your fellow taxpayers who are not receiving the enormous benefit of having their children educated by taxpayer dollars.  People without children pay taxes, people with grown children pay taxes, people with kids not yet in school pay taxes, and people with kids in independent schools pay taxes.  I personally don't want my taxes, or their taxes, used to pay for an obligation that is not mine. We have more than enough issues here in DC that we need to work on.

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