Charles Stucker
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- Oct 13, 2009
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I will note one difference - Public schools are paid for locally, by property taxes, so you can limit your tax burden by having a smaller less valuable home. Particularly if you have no children. The "Public Option" tax would be national and would hit everyone, particularly the poor. Look at Social Security and Medicare - they are regressive taxes, because once your income soars you don't keep paying, it caps out.You can send your kids to the private school all you want, but you don't get to opt out of the taxes to pay for everyone who opts into the gubmint schools.