{"id":6131,"date":"2006-02-27T05:33:16","date_gmt":"2006-02-27T10:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cobranchi.com\/?p=6131"},"modified":"2006-02-27T05:33:16","modified_gmt":"2006-02-27T10:33:16","slug":"letter-of-the-day-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cobranchi.com\/?p=6131","title":{"rendered":"LETTER OF THE DAY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Is Econ 101 a requirement in the g-schools?  Perhaps <a href=\"http:\/\/www.delawareonline.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20060227\/OPINION10\/602270322\/1111\/OPINION\">it ought to be<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Renters with children should pay school tax too<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The antiquated system of school taxes needs a major overhaul. This system was instituted when most families with schoolchildren owned property and renters were basically out-of-town visitors. In today&#8217;s world, a large share of families with children are renters and do not pay school tax. Property owners pay for the education of children not their own.<\/p>\n<p>Renters with children should pay a per-child school tax, collected with rent. This system would force women and teenagers to think about birth control, instead of being a burden on society.<\/p>\n<p>Brett Gofgosky, Georgetown<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is Econ 101 a requirement in the g-schools? Perhaps it ought to be. Renters with children should pay school tax too The antiquated system of school taxes needs a major overhaul. This system was instituted when most families with schoolchildren owned property and renters were basically out-of-town visitors. In today&#8217;s world, a large share of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cobranchi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6131"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cobranchi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cobranchi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cobranchi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cobranchi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cobranchi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6131\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cobranchi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cobranchi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cobranchi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}