[Winona Online Democracy]
In a recent news article discussing taxes and K12 finances, a city official
was alleged to have made mention of burdens that taxpayers carry due to,
among other things, the development of real-estate and infrastructure to
support Walmart. (I am not picking on Walmart. Let us extend the scope to
all private enterprises.)
Is that true? Are we paying for private enterprises? Which ones, how much,
and how often?
I am concerned here with taxes other than those on retail goods because the
consumer chooses to pay the later on an item-by-item basis and therefore
makes their own decision regarding cost/benefit. I'm talking about
nonvolunteered taxation.
Local public education has accounted for how our taxes are spent, and we
agree that public education is hugely beneficial, but can we know the same,
in detail, about businesses enabled by our nonvoluntary taxes so that we can
assess the cost/benefit of the later? The sub-text here is that I wish to
know how I can tell exactly how our money is spent to attract and support
private enterprise and an accounting of how they, in return, help the
citizens and especially public education. _exactly_ how we benefit, not some
vague political breeze of opinion such as "any business is good for
everyone" - facts, accounting.
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