Some people have noticed the presence of very large bonds on this election, and the last election (2023) and before that. This may happen every election, dating back to who-knows-when.
If there is a $1 billion bond up for vote, in a county of 22,000, for schools (“graft”), do we:
- Vote it in as the last money/asset grab before the dollar collapses
- Vote it down like we always should have been doing
I’m thinking at this point that every dollar of that damn bond is going to be propping up the local deep state on our backs.
“Vote no to all bond props, countrywide.” seems like the best path forward, but maybe I’m missing something. Thoughts?
2023 thread: https://greatawakening.win/p/17rlrMTkE3/bond-proposal-a-research-needed/
Vote no always.
They find a way to come back for less money next time.
Same here, no on all new bonds. It's ok to say no. 😄
What if… we didn’t have public schools at all, but private schools and church schools who would offer schooling to those who needed it and request money from the congregation as needed?
Have been seeing a lot more small schools tied to churches popping back up. No/minimal public schools might be a nice development.
I'm totally in favor of public schools...that are run with budgets and structures similar to those that prepared kids for things like the Bullitt County (KY) 8th grade examination of 1912.
https://www.bullittcountyhistory.com/bchistory/schoolexam1912.html
Lots of people home school with friends and neighbors.
I always vote no on all bond issues, even the ones I might think aren't a bad idea.
Bonds don't go away. They just keep adding to them, as well as adding new ones. This is the source of a huge portion of my property taxes, which already goes 40% to the schools (i.e. state) and 35% to other government agences.
Yeah I liked that breakdown thread you had a few days ago. Did you pull that from your town’s operating budget pdf?
Not sure what you're referring to, Am...I posted a breakdown of my proptaxes in a recent thread...but my brain ain't letting me remember which. There was a great discussion of property taxes, N Dakota having a ballot measure to end them:
https://archive.is/z6Cpy
One thing I haven't said recently is how, where I live, "bond issues" are a major source of welfare for giant Tech corporations. Every other year it seems we're being hit up for tens of millions added to our assessments...so that new Microsoft, Apple, and other swag can be handed out to the chilldruns.
Maybe 8 years ago I saw numbers indicating that the Tech industry made about $20bn a year from the education market. But I don't remember seeing how that was calculated. My point is just the magnitude of this industry's reach into taxpayers' purses.
Vote no, and force them to cheat to pass it.