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Originally posted by HereOnThePrimalEdge

If you think Hawaii public schools are bad now, wait until/if the Republican tax bill passes.

* Hawaii Public schools are paid for with state taxes
* State taxes are high, but are deductible from your federal taxes
* The Republican tax bill removes that deduction
* Without a federal deduction, your state taxes are effectively higher as there is no offset
* If taxpayers complain enough about paying higher taxes, and state taxes are reduced, the money available for public schools will be reduced

Under both the GOP Senate’s nearly 500-page bill (pdf) and the House version, the amount that US households pay in state income taxes and local taxes is no longer deductible on federal income tax forms.

Making state and local taxes no longer deductible from federal income taxes essentially subjects US households to “double taxation.”

The change is going to hit public school budgets hard, the GFOA says. Towns and states will be pressured by local citizens to reduce their taxes, which they can no longer deduct from their federal income taxes, the group predicts, and this is likely to slash school budgets.
https://qz.com/1145239/gop-tax-bill-2017-the-senate-republican-bill-punishes-american-families-for-using-public-schools/

Good luck kids, hopefully If you can graduate after the Hawaii DOE offers your teachers discount salaries. And 20% off! pensions.

Then if your grades are good enough in a substandard system, maybe you can attend a community college. If there's any money left over to keep them open.

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