NH Homesteader- turkeys!

[NH homesteader]

It is. It's bad. People over there are literally saying everyone in their town should gp vote to shut us up, because they have a higher population than us. The school administration is telling our town it's none of our business, it's school business. We pay $7/thousand more for the school than the town next to us. They have $1.1 million per student in property value. We have $750 thousand per student.

Arg sorry I have to vent without being yelled at haha

 

[Latestarter]

Ummm one more example of govt and govt functionaries forgetting that they work for us, not the other way around. As a tax payer it absolutely IS your business! And this is why (pure) democracy does NOT work and is bad, and why we were formed as a democratic REPUBLIC, NOT a democracy. Think of 2 foxes and a chicken trying to determine what's for dinner. Democracy is when 2 out of 3 wins and the chicken loses. In a republic the chicken is NOT forced to go along with the foxes and can go its own way. Sorry you're dealing with this. Part of the reason I can't/won't/didn't/wouldn't return to live in New England... and most specifically Taxachusettes (which by now has a firm grip on surrounding northern states).

You know, it just sorta dawned on me... it seems the higher/denser the population concentration, the more it leans toward socialism/communism/liberalism. In the least dense population areas it's all about self determination and minding your own/taking care of your own business and being conservative. Anyone else notice this?

 

[Bruce]

I don't know @Latestarter but @NH homesteader doesn't live in the more populated area of NH. Not the least either of course.

I sure would like to see the reasoning for the tax discrepancy because I can't think of a reason. Usually property taxes are based on property value and that isn't what is happening there. Do they have a total count of students or do they count how many students come from each town? Maybe they collect the same amount per pupil from each town so the lower property value towns pay a higher $/thousand of assessed value? That would be the opposite of socialism/communism/liberalism.

Live Free or Die.
How hard (or impossible) would it be for the "we aren't the rich town" to form a separate district?
Of course you would then have the problem of not having a High School and would have to tuition to theirs most likely. And they would screw your district.

 

[Latestarter]

Whats even worse is for those who home school to still have to support public schools and public education that you DON'T support ethically, morally or on principle.

 

[NH homesteader]

They go strictly by number of students. We have almost the same amount of students but they have two lakes with lakefront property , more businesses and more people.

@Latestarter precisely. That is part of our issue.

 

[NH homesteader]

it is actually a 5 town district. The two biggest towns are having the most drama

I just got a new phone ao pardon spelling mistakes please!

 

[Bruce]

Age old issue. I've been paying school taxes for 37 years and will be paying for another 20 or 30 years most likely. I only had kids in the schools for 15 of those years.

 

[NH homesteader]

Yes I don't expect not to, that part just makes it more irritating!

 

[NH homesteader]

It is -3 right now. Not cool!

Bringing my buckling to the vet today. He's not grown well, but appears perfectly healthy. I'm hoping for good news and a moderate sized bill! Lol

 

[CntryBoy777]

Hopefully he will checkout A-Okay!!