Ever since birth I have bled crimson and white. Graduated from Bama in 2001 with my undergrad degree. I watched my first live Bama game in 1982 at Legion Field in Birmingham when they beat Penn State 42-21. The vision of ole Bear leaning against that goal post will be forever burned in my...
Part of living among others in a civilized society is taxation and community support. I too do not believe in handouts, but do see the importance of an infrastructure through taxation which includes education.
I can agree with someone paying a reduced amount if they don't utilize the service such as senior citizens, but then everyone else will have to pay more until it is too high to live in the area or education is picked up and ran by the federal government. Rural areas would truly suffer.
Just because you have a Kindle and choose to buy your books online rather checking them out at the local library doesn't exempt you from paying taxes to support having it. On the same note, just because you decided to dig a well and use that water rather than city water doesn't exempt you from...
If you never use the library, should the community not fund one? If your house never catches on fire, should the community not fund a fire department? Just because you choose not to use the community school does not mean you should contribute to the community school as being a part of the community.
I don't spank my kids because they respond very well to other forms of discipline. I myself was spanked quite often as a child. There were times when my actions received a more severe spanking than others and from time to time I wold get bruised on my butt or even an occasional abrasion. I was...