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Deane Gonzalez’s letter (“No-kids choice brings unfair tax burden,” Star-Advertiser, Letters, Dec. 24), said, “Every year our property tax keeps going up. This is used to fund public schools.”
Property taxes do fund public education on the mainland. However, Hawaii is unique in that it is a state education system and public schools are funded by state taxes. That’s why our property taxes are low by national standards.
Bob Meyer
Hawaii Kai
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