Editor, The Times,
I am writing in response to Mr. Michael McIntosh’s letter in the March 29 edition about senior citizens paying school taxes.
My husband and I moved here in 1976. Our three children went to school here. What education they got after that they worked for it and received student loans for which they worked to pay for it. I am 75 years old. My husband was 75 when he died in 2020.
I pay taxes on my house and around four acres of land. When my Social Security comes in the bank, I take a certain amount each month to save to pay on my taxes. If I waited until the month it was due, I would not be able to pay it.
Whatever county you and I were living in when we were in school, senior citizens helped pay our education in public schools. When our children were in school here (both yours and mine), senior citizens helped pay for our education in public schools. Now it is our turn to help pay for the education of the children of Pierce County who are now in public schools.
I don’t mind doing that as long as the schools do not get involved in politics and as long as they teach what is necessary. So far, I think our schools here are doing good.
Now, if you still disagree with me, maybe we drop the school tax and the county adds two-three cents on sales tax when we buy something. Either way, we are going to help pay for the education of the children of Pierce County, just like the senior citizens before us.
Louise Walker
Blackshear
