A New Issue

1. A comment on one of our Mailbag correspondents’ claims this week… He says, “I have no children, and it is unfair that I must pay the same TUSD property-tax rate as does someone with children in school.” Well, fella, I don’t have kids, either, but I’m happy to help pay for the education of other people’s children. Those kids will grow up and support me with their tax dollars, Social Security contributions and other infusions into The System when I’m old and they’re gainfully employed–with jobs, I hope, that are better than what they’d get with the crappy education they’d have without the involuntary support of selfish old farts.

2. Not to mention the direct link between lack (or bad) education and crime. If you don’t want to educate children, then don’t complain when they come rob you in your low-tax neighborhood. Uneducated young people make less money, pay less consumption taxes and contribute to our economy, less. Be a patriot and pay your taxes and help save America. You do love America, don’t you?

3. Any one who believes it doesn’t take special skills to be a teacher should try teaching for a month. I doubt they’d last a week.

   Plus when using “average salary”, one should remember the definition of “average” that they learned in all those Fairfax county schools thirty years ago. Many teachers are making far less than that. Twenty years of teaching at $47 thou and change? The districts are getting a deal!

   The problem with TUSD is that it is too big and creating one district for the county would only increase problems.

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