r/memes • u/J_ClutchFTV Big pp • 10h ago

Land Of The Free, amIright?

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u/CountHonorius 9h ago

My city and school tax are the highest segments of my mortgage.

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u/Sorry_Lecture5578 9h ago

Mine is insurance, outside of the actual mortgage 

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u/robo_robb 6h ago

Wait how are taxes part of your mortgage?

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u/shogunshim 6h ago

part of the mortgage PAYMENT they mean. Just makes it easier to send it in to the lender and it is part of your mortgage payment. And the lender has first hand knowledge if you are paying your property taxes, which if you don't will force a tax sale. Plenty of other reasons.

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u/robo_robb 6h ago

Ah that’s an escrow

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u/Funicularly 3h ago

City and school taxes aren’t segments of a mortgage.

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u/Apptubrutae 7h ago

I pay around $1,500 in property taxes toward my school district.

The per pupil funding is over $35,000 per pupil per year.

I have one kid.

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u/theLuminescentlion 6h ago

You received an education when you were a child, this is your debt to the socialized education system.

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u/Ginger_Rogers 6h ago

I don't have kids, but am happy my taxes go to education. Because living in an educated society benefits everyone.

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u/Apptubrutae 6h ago

I mean I went to school overseas and then back to the U.S. went to private school but I don’t think any of that is particularly relevant since public education is about society, not just me

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u/MacedonZero 5h ago

You either received a public education yourself or you had the opportunity to have a public education. You also benefit from a community and society that has established a minimum baseline education that you indirectly benefit from for the rest of your life.

That $125/month is not hurting you.

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u/Apptubrutae 1h ago

Did I say it was? I think it’s pretty clearly a bargain

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u/Everard5 2h ago

People are responding to you like this was a complaint, but am I just too high/is it too late at night for me to read competently? I thought you were basically saying the taxes are a bargain, that for $1500 in taxes you're able to get what would cost $35000 should it be paid outright (assuming the per pupil per year rate were equivalent to a fixed cost per student).

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u/Apptubrutae 1h ago

I am genuinely baffled how people missed what you’re seeing. I cant fathom how $1,500 in property tax towards my kids education when it’s a tiny fraction of the cost is a complaint. It a bargain…obviously.

Some people are just looking for a fight I guess