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Originally Posted by rogerrice60
Hard to understand why the "Old Goats" are taxed for schools we don't use.
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Because it's a tax, not tuition.
If I were housebound, I would still have to pay my share of the taxes that go to keeping the roads in operable condition.
If I were a pacifist, who believed that war is never the correct action, I would still have to pay my share of the tax that goes towards national defense.
We don't get to choose from a menu what taxes go to service we need or feel are important.
For some reason our elected officials who make policy have decided that educating the masses is a good investment for our society. As participants in that society, whether or not we agree that it is a good investment that our young people be educated, we are obligated to help fund it.
That's taxation.
Tuition is when you pay to attend the school.