[Der_Einzige]

Unironically it's because liberals actually like paying taxes. Every state and local school board tax increase passes where I live because it's a bunch of pot smoking hippies who unironically believe in wealth redistribution through progressive taxation.

[angoragoats]

How is a tax increase to fund schools wealth redistribution?

[compiler-guy]

Well, it's a wealth distribution from adults in a community to kids in the community, but a very good one that almost always benefits the whole community.

[angoragoats]

I do get what you're saying, but at the risk of being overly pedantic, this doesn't really make sense as written.

Usually "wealth redistribution" implies actual money or other liquid or semi-liquid assets being transferred from one group to another, and the kids in the community aren't receiving any of the money being put into school taxes.

I suppose one could argue that school taxes are wealth redistribution from the community to the _teachers and staff_. As someone who counts quite a few teachers among my friends and family, I wholeheartedly support this redistribution of wealth.