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Understanding how School Budgets lead to increases in Property taxes.

A teacher points to a board as students listen in a fourth grade classroom at William Jefferson Clinton Elementary in Compton, Calif., Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025. Photo: Associated Press/AP Photo/Eric Thayer

Understanding how School Budgets lead to increases in Property taxes.
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Drew Cline from the Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy joins us to discuss taxes and spending at the federal level. Drew and Jeff also discuss how school budgets are the real driving factor in most communities’ property tax increases.

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