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Alexandra Barcus's avatar

I think you may find that States with lower property taxes have much weaker schools. I don’t think it is an innate IQ issue.

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Anna Kingry's avatar

This doesn't negate your contention, but many people, including me, have learned many things since school. One huge facet of innate IQ is curiosity.

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JF's avatar

Well that’s definitely true. And unfortunately it becomes a generational issue. But WHY do they have lower property taxes? Leader IQ versus Leader greed. Probably greed. Still, I’d sure love to have that comparison, but I can’t imagine an ethical way to conduct the study. Maybe by extrapolating from other existing data?

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BlueOntario's avatar

They have lower taxes because they don't like to share, or pay for nice things (most of their nice things came from pork barrel or block grants paid by a wealthier state).

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JF's avatar

Agree. And they don’t believe in the common good. I’ve met some who object to requirements for sidewalks in new developments, because it’s a bit too close to communism. Seriously.

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