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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The "we pay more in taxes" argument stems from the fact that two similar basic brick colonial houses, say one in Bethesda and one in the Silver Spring neighborhood featured in the Post this weekend, will sell for prices varying by perhaps $200-$400k.   The Houses are similar...so it must be the land that is the difference here.  Land=location, not landscaping.   Thus, while tax rates are the same, person A might believe that he or she is paying "more in taxes" --which is.  the case--than person B.   Similar houses, but more taxes.   A more expensive house, yes, but that is due to location.  [/quote]

Understood, but again, the point of the unified/single-county tax system is fair distribution of resources county-wide regardless of who pays more for their house.  In a town-based system, you might have two houses in the same town costing e.g. $500K and $300K but the kids in those houses will attend the same schools in the same system.

Theoretically the county is supposed to distribute these resources across the county fairly.  Therefore the statement "we pay more in taxes" is fine by itself, but "we pay more in taxes and therefore are entitled to better schools" is emphatically NOT fine given the point of county-based government.[/quote]

Theoretically, you're right but realistically, you are not.  I live in one of the W clusters and [b]I want more because I pay more [/b]- bottom line.  However, I have no problem with the fact that my money goes to help others in the school district.  [/quote]

I'm pretty sure that my kids in magnets are getting a better education than yours in the W cluster are.  [/quote]

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