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LazyReplacement7379 t1_ivkz3uz wrote

Reply to comment by The_Nomadic_Nerd in Any good guides to the candidates on tomorrow’s ballot and what they stand for? by CoercivePax

Just so everyone is aware:

Change for Children is funded by real estate interests

Education Matters is backed by the Jersey City Education Association union

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Mindless-Budget9019 t1_ivlxfpk wrote

Never understood why anyone would want to pay more taxes when children don’t even have clean drinking water with the $1 billion budget they already have. Make it make sense. We need to know where the money is going

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LazyReplacement7379 t1_ivm4f6m wrote

That's true but I don't trust real estate, period. I don't think they have the public school system's beat interest at heart. I don't think they have the public's best interest either. Just $$. Low property taxes for the buildings they own and high rents for the tenants who live there.

Problems with the public school system stem from a whole bunch of shit. I'd rather try to sort it out with the people who teach my kids, not the people gentrifying my city and evicting families

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Mindless-Budget9019 t1_ivm8ocl wrote

If taxes keep increasing, gentrification would actually accelerate and working class families would in fact be forced out. The Board of Education can’t do side deals with developers to only lower their taxes. They can only set the budget and then everyone poor and rich alike gets charged the same percentage unless the property has an abatement. High taxes would also force the rents up.

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[deleted] t1_ivlgjuc wrote

Wouldn't it be great if they didn't come up with bullshit names for interest groups?

I'm sure real estate tycoons really care about all the youth of JC /s

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