I got this as a joke.....but if it's tru

iVillage Member
Registered: 03-19-2003
I got this as a joke.....but if it's tru
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Fri, 03-14-2008 - 8:22pm
I got this as a joke.....but if it's true then how funny is it?!?!?


Wacky Americans

- We yell for the Government to balance the budget, then take the last dime we have to make the down payment on a car.

- We whip the enemy in battle, then give them the shirt off our backs.

- We yell for speed laws that will stop fast driving, then won't buy a car if it can't go over 100 miles an hour.

- Americans get scared to death if we vote a billion dollars for education, then are unconcerned when we find out we are spending three billion dollars a year for cigarettes.

- We know the line-up of every baseball team in the American and National Leagues but don't know half the words in the "Star Spangled Banner".

- We'll spend half a day looking for vitamin pills to make us live longer, then drive 90 miles an hour on slick pavement to make up for lost time.

- We tie up our dog while letting our sixteen year old son run wild.


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iVillage Member
Registered: 03-24-2005
Wed, 03-19-2008 - 5:01pm

I am looking at my tax bill. The monies I pay for school taxes go directly, according to my statement, to my school district. It is actually broken down to where I see exactly what I pay where. I even know how much I pay for our public library!


I am fully willing to pay for schools. I understand that officials have to move money here and there to help the needs of lesser districts. I don't have a problem with lending a hand. I really don't care if my money is needed in other districts as long as my district covers all of the taxpayers' children who are paying for the schools.


But to tell me that my children don't have the right to those services in MY district when I KNOW I pay for those services is unconstitutional.

iVillage Member
Registered: 05-29-2003
Wed, 03-19-2008 - 5:03pm

But to tell me that my children don't have the right to those services in MY district when I KNOW I pay for those services is unconstitutional.




Wow, for real!
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iVillage Member
Registered: 09-29-2003
Wed, 03-19-2008 - 5:36pm
Our school district is like Rose's........the school provides things like band instruments and sports uniforms with their money.


 


Mich

iVillage Member
Registered: 01-11-2008
Wed, 03-19-2008 - 5:42pm

I'm with you on this. I suppose the taxes that you pay go to pay for a child or children whose parents do not contribute property tax...how fair is that?!?!

iVillage Member
Registered: 01-11-2008
Wed, 03-19-2008 - 5:45pm

Do you care if I ask? Did you homeschool all the way through or did your kids go to

Community Leader
Registered: 09-14-1997
Wed, 03-19-2008 - 5:47pm

Not disagreeing, just want examples of some of the literature you use.


homeschooled children are hearing and reading about truthful things



I saw your other post, and just wanted some more detail. I would like to think that my team is not pc. LOL


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iVillage Member
Registered: 03-26-2003
Wed, 03-19-2008 - 5:49pm

.<< I suppose the taxes that you pay go to pay for a child or children whose parents do not contribute property tax...how fair is that?!?!>>


Who doesn't contribute to property taxes?

 


 


I disagree with you, but I'm pretty sure

iVillage Member
Registered: 01-11-2008
Wed, 03-19-2008 - 5:58pm
It was just a statement/question.
iVillage Member
Registered: 03-24-2005
Wed, 03-19-2008 - 6:05pm

I sent my oldest dd to public kindergarten because I was teaching during that time. I hadn't ever really considered homeschooling at that point.


However, I had given my dd a head start by teaching her how to read. She was light years ahead of the rest of her class and ahead of the first graders.

iVillage Member
Registered: 02-27-2008
Wed, 03-19-2008 - 6:06pm

And millions of Americans who don't have children pay property taxes that pay for the education of children they never have.

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