Last week, there was an article regarding Scott Wagner and his view on taxes, whether income, sales, etc. The Times has reported other political candidates also have expressed views on taxes in Pennsylvania and what they would attempt to do about changing them.
However, no one addresses the inequity of the imposed school taxes. For example, if I own a vehicle I pay an insurance rate for that one. If I have multiple vehicles, I have a different insurance rate. Same applies to medical insurance. The more people on the policy, the rate is different. But with school taxes, people who have never had children or only a single child are taxed the same as people who have multiple children and are receiving more services.
No matter what tax base is used for school taxes, there should be a rate difference depending on how many children you have in school receiving services. Adjustments could be made for apartment buildings also. And after someone has paid school taxes for 40 or 50 years, they should be done paying them and removed from the assessment.
Rita Winnie, Economy