Damus
myrmepropagandist · 23w
I know several actual "nurses from Queens" they are drilling their kids in mathematics because in NYC if you have pretty good grades you might be able to go to a better high school and the regular sch...
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Funding schools out of property taxes is an astonishingly bad idea. It guarantees that your education outcome, which strongly correlates with earning potential, is tied to your parents’ wealth. If I had to design a policy to impede social mobility, this would probably be my first choice. The people rich enough to live wherever they want should be funding the schools for the people who can’t do that.
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myrmepropagandist · 23w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqncxka2nmkqkndk4wkuf3tz3l39z9m8xax3aen3h8tvudwgjmf5mq4uv2v2 I agree. Though the point Bezoz was raising was more of a general "but we all HATE taxes" right sort of point. And dudes like him have used this point to rob out city, state and fede...
Z_Zed_Zed · 23w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqncxka2nmkqkndk4wkuf3tz3l39z9m8xax3aen3h8tvudwgjmf5mq4uv2v2 nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqzdp33shl69xr0uq3x8n5gsjykq9upycwh6nqm02c3f6x0frrn0dqlrpfuj I disagree on property taxes. Property taxes are wealth taxes, which are...