• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    11 days ago

    Checked my Texas municipal property taxes recently. We’ve dropped ISD funding by 30% over five years. Meanwhile, city police spending has surged by 25%.

    So I’m paying slightly less than I did five years ago, but over $1k/year of that has simply been a transfer from teachers to cops.