>The only problem is, people who
>make money don't tend to
>come back to the old
>neighborhood. Either they move
>to a ritzier place, or
>they gentrify the hell out
>of where they live.
>And poor people are always
>going to be forced to
>live together, so as long
>as we're on a property
>tax system those people will
>be fucked.

My point exactly.

>
>Which is why we need to
>get off the property tax
>system--it's one of the most
>discrimiatory things we have left.

A uniform state property tax with revenue distributed to schools based on enrollment numbers and full school choice within the state would also fix the problem.

> Moving to a system
>of state taxation and distribution
>of funds, under current civil
>rights laws, would neccessitate that
>poor districts get the same
>amount of money as rich
>districts.

You would still need unlimited public school choise for the parents, to break down the isolation of the inner-city and elite suburbs.

>And there actually
>is a good chance of
>doing so. Michigan moved
>to a state-level income and
>sales tax to fund schools
>in 1994, and polls in
>most states show people don't
>care if some of the
>school tax burden is shifted
>to the state level

Yeah, as long as they can continue to prohibit outsiders from using their schools. Plus, a lot of suburban towns would just use local taxes to boost the state contribution and still spend more than urban areas.


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