Question about taxes
 

I have a question, you know when you hear something like, "Why should I have to pay for Illegals' education?" What exactly are they referring to? I mean tax-wise is there some sort of tax that only American citizens pay or are they ignorant enough to think illegal immigrants do not pay any taxes?

Pure old ignorance.

Oh, so I was right, they use false arguments. You see, I'm the type of person who likes considering both sides of an argument before judging or giving my opinion. So I wanted to see if they had a point, but thanks for clarifying.

Most undocumented immigrants pay taxes, and even if they didn't, you really don't get a choice in paying property taxes, which is what funds schools.

Re: Question about taxes
 

Public Schools are largely financed by property taxes but also by other tax coffers. Plyler v. Doe decreed that children of illegal immigrants were entitled to an K-12 education in the public school system. Financing public education involves a complex manner of taxes and distribution and varies between states. Some states like Illinois rank all the schools and then distribute funding in a progressive system, where the higher ranked schools receive a larger share of the funding. Other states like Michigan allocate a more or less equal percentage to each public school.

Much of the financing is raised from taxes in the local tax base while some comes from the state and national tax bases. It is a known fact that immigrants send their children to school in their own communities, so taxes from these communities largely finance the public schools in these communities. This is why underfunded and poor performing public schools are the norm in low-income and immigrant communities. Meanwhile, specialized and high performing public schools are the norm in middle and upper income communities.

People think that only homeowners pay taxes. This isn't true. Homeowners think they only pay taxes because they actually see the tax bill. Renters also pay taxes in their monthly rent. The landlord has to pay taxes on the apartment building. He/she passes this tax bill onto the renters. The tax amount isn't explicitly denoted in the monthly rent but its definitely included in the amount.

On a side note, I mentioned that the methods for financing differ from state-to-state. A commonality in all states is that schools that don't use all of their funds in a given year stand to lose an amount in the total funding for the next year. This amount usually equals the unused amount in the present year. Consequently, fiscal efficiency is a disincentive to public schools. Some argue that fiscal efficiency shouldn't be a priority for public schools, however, that argument has major flaws.

Oh I see how it works, thanks for the detailed answer.

some of u individuals on here should really consider law school