# Should people with no children pay taxes for schools? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [September 19, 2007, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-people-with-no-children-pay-taxes-for-schools/419792 "2007-09-19T21:46:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Chen019](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f19dbf/32.png) [@Chen019](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chen019)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2011, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-people-with-no-children-pay-taxes-for-schools/419792/201 "2011-09-20T00:12:08Z")
> [@Fireclown](#): > > My opinion is no. If I have no children, or grown children not in school, why should I have to pay for them? Why not have a tax deduction for people with no children? Yes, children are essential to maintaining a society. If anything, the childless should be taxed more for not contributing offspring. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2011, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-people-with-no-children-pay-taxes-for-schools/419792/202 "2011-09-20T01:32:46Z")
> [@emacknight](#): > > What about zombies? Should I really have to pay taxes for zombies to go to school? All they do is drool and say “braaaaaains.” Which oddly enough was the correct answer on two of the questions on today’s quiz. So after the bell curve they all got solid B’s. I suspect you are rigging the tests so that the zombies can pass and you don’t run afoul of NCLB. Teaching to the test indeed - you sir, go beyond teaching to the test and are simply writing it so the answer is the one word zombies obsess over! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-people-with-no-children-pay-taxes-for-schools/419792.md?page=10)