HB 93: Welfare for the affluent
I’m mad about Idaho’s big spending and giveaways! Most of us pay for highways, State police, and costs of government in Boise. But Idaho’s HB93, just passed by both houses, say some people won’t pay a nickel. If a man with an adjusted income of $150,000 takes a standard deduction and puts 2 kids in private school he pays nothing. Worse, if he decides to put more than 2 children in private schools, then the rest of us Idahoans will be putting thousands, maybe tens of thousands, more directly in his pocket. This welfare for the affluent forces the rest of us to pay dearly for the personal choices of a few.
Public school dollars are not the same. Only a portion of taxes go to public schools, while we still pay our share of other services. Far more of us use or have used public schools.
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