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To: Road Walker who wrote (211930)	11/17/2004 3:28:08 PM
From: brian1501	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577883

Let me see if I get this. I don't have kids, but I pay very significant taxes to educate other peoples kids. Now you want to give a tax break to those who choose to home school so that my taxes will be higher? So you don't think it's in the state's interest to educate everyone? Are you advocating getting rid of the public school system? I don't think your taxes would be higher anyway. Home schooling is more efficient, so removing that child from the public schools would save the state more money than any possible tax break would use. It would be a net win for the state. I forget the figures for NC, but the state spends a crazy amount of $$ on each kid's education. I think it was more than even private costs were (but I may be wrong on that one). It's certainly more than the costs of giving homeschoolers a deduction on the books and materials they buy. If you thought I was advocating that parents of home schoolers should completely avoid education taxes, then you misunderstand me (and I agree, that would be extreme). Brian

To: Road Walker who wrote (211930)	11/25/2004 6:10:34 AM
From: Joe NYC	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1577883

John, Let me see if I get this. I don't have kids, but I pay very significant taxes to educate other peoples kids. Now you want to give a tax break to those who choose to home school so that my taxes will be higher? Lets go through this: - Brian has a kid in a public shool and pays 1 tax unit - You have no kids in public schools and pay 1 tax unit Now 2 scenarios of Brian taking his child from public school: 1. current law: - Brian takes his kid from public school, and schools at home. He still pays 1 unit, but has additional expense of 1 unit to school at home. His tax / expense doubles - public school has one less kid, expenses go down by 1 unit - your tax goes down, by fraction of 1 unit 2. tax credit or voucher - Brian tax + expense stays 1 U - Your tax stays 1 U Issue after issue shows that you are just unable to think clearly. Joe