Reply #31: That's been my complaint in the past.

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Here in CA., Proposition 13 has literally depleted the schools of tax funds.
Families without students in schools (usually older families, whose kids have
graduated) feel that they no longer need to support the school system.

At the same time the school that my child attends, we had to raise $125K last
year, for educational enhancements. The community is relatively affluent (i.e. Republican),
with parents complaining about always raising funds (i.e. too many fundraisers).

My standard response to them has always been "You received your $600 check didn't you?,
If you don't want to be in fundraiser mode all the time, donate that to the school."
With 400 families and $600 from each we're talking $240k. If they donated half of the
$600, we'd get $130k. Instead we only get 50% participation for $200.

They always want the best services, but don't want to pay any taxes for them.