Favorite things that TAXES do

[momof1in150]

Pay my DH's retirement (Navy) and his current pay (Naval War College). Pays for my DS5's Special Education and an awesome middle school for my DS11.

[jmjj215]

Maybe this thread should be re-titled:

Favorite things that YOUR money does.

It's always good to remember where all of these tax dollars come from. Our pockets!

[cschin4]

Public libraries
Schools
Roads
Snow and Leaf Removal

We do not get trash service. I do think this should be tax funded because believe it or not, there are people that just will not pay to have their trash hauled away. So, then you see places littered with trash, tires, etc. And, I think the Trash Service should take all trash including tires, appliances, and so forth.

[pearlieq]

--Pay my DH's salary!
--Sends the fire department screaming to my house in 4 minutes or less
--Sends the world's most patient police officer to our block party every summer and lets ever single kid turn on his siren and yell through his loudspeakers
--Shelters lost and abandoned animals