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Early on, communities came together to hire a teacher and house him/her, build the school, buy books and provide firewood during the winter. A lot of the value was in what people could contribute in kind or in time. Nowadays, we pay money toward a central fund to pay for this. It is just a change in currency.

Taxes are an easy way to gather money and provide for a common education for everyone in the community. This has always been an important feature in America--equal opportunity for all.

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