Neil Meyer
> Date: Sun, 08 Feb 1998 12:29:09 -0800
> To: Robert Probasco <rcp@uidaho.edu>
> From: Scott_Dredge@BayNetworks.COM (Scott Dredge)
> Subject: Re: Private school tax credit
> Cc: vision2020@moscow.com
> At 05:01 AM 2/8/98 -0800, Robert Probasco wrote:
> >I don't resent paying taxes when I get a reasonable return for my
> >investment. I do resent paying taxes when I'm funding a problem, not a
> >solution. Any commercial business with the track record of the public
> >schools would have succumbed decades ago. Will they ever wise up?
> >
>
> I would think it would be safe to say that most taxpayers feel the
> same way. We could all either do the right thing or we could all
> play the selfish game. If I were the selfish type, I would be
> calling for a $500 tax credit for myself since I have ***no***
> children and thus my tax dollars should not be paying for public
> schools. So why again should $500 be kicked back to parents who
> choose to send their children to private schools as opposed to
> kicking this money back to the taxpayers as a whole who are ponying
> up this cash for public schooling in the first place?
>
> -Scott
>
>