[Peace-discuss] taxes for school

[John W.]

On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 7:31 PM, E. Wayne Johnson <ewj at pigs.ag> wrote:

At least its a tax on those who dont understand probability.
>
> But as Eugene Burkholder says,
> if knowledge were everything,
> doctors wouldn't smoke [cigarettes].


And they don't.  Haven't for many years, the vast majority of them.  So
knowledge must be everything, because I KNOW you wouldn't quote anyone
irresponsibly.  :-)



> C. G. Estabrook wrote:
>

>  I thought it was a tax on those who don't understand math.
>>
>>
>> E. Wayne Johnson wrote:
>>
>>> The lottery is a tax on foolishness.
>>>
>>> Karen Medina wrote:
>>>
>>>> We all benefit from educating our children. While the tax needs to be
>>>> progressive, I think this particular sales tax comes close to being
>>>> progressive: it taxes only certain items. However, my hesitation comes from
>>>> the fact that I think the school board is trying to get around the fact that
>>>> the last property tax for the schools was turned down -- they tied it to a
>>>> new school where nobody lived and scoffed at the consent decree.
>>>> I agree with Carl that school funding should be equalized on a higher
>>>> level, but the Federal government ties the funding to the No Child Left
>>>> Behind -- which is better than it used to be but still leaves a lot to be
>>>> desired.
>>>> I also agree that it would be hard to make sure the money actually goes
>>>> to education -- I remember well the failed promises of the lottery. Though a
>>>> tax on foolishness would be somewhat poetic if it paid for wisdom.
>>>>
>>>> -karen medina
>>>> ---- Original message ----
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:33:40 -0500
>>>>> From: "C. G. Estabrook" <galliher at uiuc.edu>  Subject: Re:
>>>>> [Peace-discuss] local issues  To: Neil Parthun <
>>>>> lennybrucefan at gmail.com>
>>>>> Cc: Peace Discuss <peace-discuss at anti-war.net>, Barbara kessel
>>>>>
>>>> <barkes at gmail.com>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Ideas are not responsible for the people who believe in them.
>>>>>
>>>>> Property taxes are as close as we come to wealth taxes (and we should
>>>>> come
>>>>
>>>> closer).
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Disparities in school funding need to be equalized at the state (or
>>>>> federal) level, not by a regressive local tax.  --CGE
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Neil Parthun wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Bruno Behrend, a far right radio show host whose show I was on a few
>>>>>> years ago, is for the Con Con.  So, I'm against it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> And while sales taxes are regressive, it is also fundamentally unfair
>>>>>> to put most of a school's funding on property taxes.  Poorer districts have
>>>>>> significant difficulty in getting funding for their buildings due to such
>>>>>> economic setups.  Illinois is a state that has some of the most fundamental
>>>>>> disparities in school funding between districts.
>>>>>> Its not the act of seeing with our own eyes alone; its correctly
>>>>>> comprehending what we see,
>>>>>>                         Neil
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  We absolutely have to refuse to attribute any kind of permanency to
>>>>>> that which is simply because it is.
>>>>>> [angela v. davis, 1944-]
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could.
>>>>>> Some blunders and absurdities have crept in; forget them as soon as you can.
>>>>>> Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and with too high a
>>>>>> spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.
>>>>>> [ralph waldo emerson, 1803-1882]
>>>>>
>>>>>
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