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From: dave@utcsrgv.UUCP (Dave Sherman)
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Subject: Re: Tax-voluntary check-off system
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Date: Thu, 3-Nov-83 13:09:48 EST
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We have that in a very small way for property taxes in Ontario.
If (and only if) you are Catholic, you have the option of specifying
that the educational portion of your property taxes go to support
the Catholic school system instead of the public system. The Catholic
schools (known as "separate schools") are funded primarily by this mechanism,
and do not charge fees. All other private schools (religious and
otherwise) receive no government support.

I'm not sure I agree with the idea. How many people can make intelligent
decisions about where their money should go? What happens if when you
tally it all up there's no money for garbage collection? Bow to the
implicit wishes of the people?

I think the system as implemented here for schools is OK but should
be extended to support other school systems as well (students at
Jewish schools for example, are giving the public school system a
break by not using their resources, yet they [their parents] have to
pay large sums for the privilege.

Dave Sherman
Toronto
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