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Last Friday morning I got a phone call from a polite, wellspoken
gentleman with a nice southern accent. He didn’t give his name and I didn’t think quickly enough to ask.
He saw the article in the Rappahannock News about our bus trip to Richmond for the purpose of opposing tax credits for families who choose to send their children to private school. He told me he sends his children to private school. He wanted to know, “Why shouldn’t I get a tax credit?”
I’ve been thinking about that phone call ever since. I’d like to try to answer. Briefly.
To start, I’d like him to know that I support and will defend his right to choose a private school for his kids. Always have and always will. My objection comes with the tax credit part. We all pay taxes: federal, state and local taxes, and those taxes pay for or promote the general welfare of all citizens. The taxes we pay are different from the money we deposit with our bank in our checking or savings account.
For example, our taxes provide for the post office. When we choose UPS or Federal Express rather than the post office to send a package or letter, we don’t expect a tax credit. A good portion of the taxes my husband and I pay go toward the building of roads and bridges in counties that we will never
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