Comments on: Taxes & Taxes http://www.fatherjustin.com/2008/04/16/taxes-taxes/ Contemplations of an Orthodox Christian Priest in Texas Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:52:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Steve Hayes http://www.fatherjustin.com/2008/04/16/taxes-taxes/#comment-54 Steve Hayes Tue, 10 Jun 2008 05:47:59 +0000 http://www.fatherjustin.com/2008/04/16/taxes-taxes/#comment-54 Thanks very much for this. I've been having some rather strange discussions in comments on my blog, and I think some could be helped by referring them to this post. <em>Steve Hayes's last blog post..</em><a href='http://khanya.wordpress.com/2008/06/08/st-stithians-college-founders-day/' rel="nofollow">St Stithians College Founders Day</a> Thanks very much for this. I’ve been having some rather strange discussions in comments on my blog, and I think some could be helped by referring them to this post.

Steve Hayes’s last blog post..St Stithians College Founders Day

]]> By: John http://www.fatherjustin.com/2008/04/16/taxes-taxes/#comment-53 John Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:12:20 +0000 http://www.fatherjustin.com/2008/04/16/taxes-taxes/#comment-53 Your sarcasm really inspired me to respond. My wife is a public school teacher, my children are public school educated (the oldest a national merit scholar). I was public school educated. I believe literacy rates are about the highest they have ever been in the U.S. (I can't remember or cite the study currently).My wife works many hours "off the clock", we have helped provide supplies and food to some of these children. Public schools teach special needs children, children from all types of backgrounds, both good and bad. I live in rural SW Arkansas in a county with a private Christian school that pays its teachers minimum wage and teaches a certified curriculum since the teachers are not certified. Our rural county is approximately 40% black, 60% black; the private school is 100% white, most, if not all are from affluent backgrounds. This school is not equipped to deal with special needs children. While I may agree with some of your notions of "owning" land, I absolutely dispute your cynical analysis of public school education. Perhaps if us good Christian people were concerned with truly providing for all peoples needs and education; you might be able to justify some of this sarcasm. If we did a better job of following the man Jesus in taking care of many of these children that public schools now do, but until you and I do; perhaps it would do to be a bit more circumspect. Respectfully, John R. Moran Arkadelphia, Arkansas Your sarcasm really inspired me to respond. My wife is a public school teacher, my children are public school educated (the oldest a national merit scholar). I was public school educated. I believe literacy rates are about the highest they have ever been in the U.S. (I can’t remember or cite the study currently).My wife works many hours “off the clock”, we have helped provide supplies and food to some of these children. Public schools teach special needs children, children from all types of backgrounds, both good and bad.

I live in rural SW Arkansas in a county with a private Christian school that pays its teachers minimum wage and teaches a certified curriculum since the teachers are not certified. Our rural county is approximately 40% black, 60% black; the private school is 100% white, most, if not all are from affluent backgrounds. This school is not equipped to deal with special needs children.

While I may agree with some of your notions of “owning” land, I absolutely dispute your cynical analysis of public school education. Perhaps if us good Christian people were concerned with truly providing for all peoples needs and education; you might be able to justify some of this sarcasm. If we did a better job of following the man Jesus in taking care of many of these children that public schools now do, but until you and I do; perhaps it would do to be a bit more circumspect.

Respectfully,

John R. Moran
Arkadelphia, Arkansas

]]> By: Anna http://www.fatherjustin.com/2008/04/16/taxes-taxes/#comment-25 Anna Wed, 16 Apr 2008 20:29:38 +0000 http://www.fatherjustin.com/2008/04/16/taxes-taxes/#comment-25 Hi - Thank you for this - interesting...especially about the property tax. Hi - Thank you for this - interesting…especially about the property tax.

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