[Grovenet] Was: "economic cancer"?/now govt saving money

[Meredith Bliss]

On May 4, 2007, at 2:34 PM, Dick La Jeunesse wrote:
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> > Property taxes were the most effective way to fund schools until
> > they were made impractical by the Supreme Court ruling in 1973
> > banning inequitable funding of school districts.

And to which David Morelli replied
On Friday 04 May 2007 21:02, David Morelli wrote: 

> Great.  It is a separate issue from funding capital expenditures
> using SDC's, but how do we fund education?  Are you proposing higher
> income taxes, so that the state general fund pays?
>
> David

Excellent reply, as always David, saved me the effort. But I'm surprised you 
passed up this last point. I can't see the '73 decision requiring funding 
equity having much impact except in relation to Measue 5 (1980 or so?) that 
limited property tax support for education to $5 per 1,000 and requiring the 
state general fund (mostly personal income tax) to make up the difference. 
And then, of course, came a lot of other tax limitations from the R's to 
effectively shift the burden of income taxes from corporations to 
individuals, thus insuring maximum competition for a dwindling.general fund 
and a disinvestment in higher education (they just don't seem to be able to 
squeak loudly enough).


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