re: The Town That Privatized Everything

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Is this the same town in Georgia that requires all homeowners to have a gun?

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Higher median income generally yields higher sales, property, and income tax receipts; the former two being vital to the financing of city services. Essentially, the higher the median income of the population, the more tax money (on average) that municipality will receive per capita. Since the cost of municipal services is directly related to factors such as population size and density, it is not an unreasonable assertion that higher median income would yield higher tax receipts given the same population size and density.

Once a city reaches a certain size (not sure exactly where the line is), the cost of providing additional services becomes basically directly proportional to the population. More people means more necessary services, which means the total cost of those services costs more in total, but less per capita. Smaller population means less expense for services, but more per capita.

Basically, a city with a higher median income should draw more tax money than an identically sized city with lower median income and identical taxation structure. This means that they can do more with the same tax rate or the same with a lower tax rate than "poorer" cities. A distinct advantage.

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However, I personally believe, based on the track record of this movement's organizers, that this will instead be a massive financial boondoggle that will not help the schools at all and will enrich a few organizers and screw everyone else over.

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