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Raising a family of six in the greater Seattle area on a single income is challenging. The lack of affordable resources makes it even more difficult. Our communities are paying the price when the wealthiest do not pay the taxes they truly owe. We are paying not only through our own sales and property taxes, but through major budget cuts to our schools.
The first programs to go are special education programs, which are important for shaping children of all ages to contribute to our communities in the future.
I have children that range from 18 months to 11 years old. We struggle with the challenge of unaffordable care and early education with our younger two children, and a lack of resources and staff for valuable programs for our older children in the public school system.
Higher taxes for the working class are not the solution, and neither is cutting resources for the schools we all depend on. We live in an area with a handful of multimillionaires and billionaires that are not paying what they truly owe. It is time to raise the progressive taxes on the ultra-rich to fully fund schools and educators, resulting in a system that works for all income levels in the state of Washington.
Kat Hill
Lake Forest Park
How long do we have to listen to the same old mantra about how we need folks to pay their fair share. You certainly have a large family
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely!
ReplyDeleteOnce a progressive tax, aka "income tax" is imposed on that
ReplyDelete" handful of multimillionaires and billionaires " it will not take long for the public sector's insatiable greed to filter the tax down to all income levels. Be careful for what you wish for ! I agree the ultrarich should be taxed their fare share but doubt taxation would stop at that point once state officials see the dollars roll in. I would like to be proven wrong !
If fewer students attend public school how is it that the schools think taxpayers need to pony up more money? FYI Wealthy people already pay more for schools because they usually live in houses located in areas that get gouged in property taxes which is how our schools are funded. How about fewer kids means we need fewer schools and less money?
ReplyDeleteIn Washington, every child is a choice. This isn't a forced birth state. Imagine the level of entitlement one has to have to impose this kind of cost on the community, then to complain that others aren't paying enough to subsidize the choices their family has made.
ReplyDeleteExcellent points. People won't know what they have until they lose it.
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