Hey no worries I understand why you can be cynical and misguided and how simple assumptions can lead to funky deductions. What I'm perplex about is the time spent on this, especially that you don't live in Cali and make assumptions on averages your read "online". Here in SD North County, 44% of the classes are hispanics. Salaries varies per school district so you should drill down on the level of detail. Average class size is 33.
Running a business in Cali isn't easy these days... 3800 hrs of consulting gigs in 2014, benefits, Brobama care... 38K isn't actually too bad. Ironically, our Federal burden wasn't that much more, which makes this questionable and generates a high desire to incorporate elsewhere and eventually move to AZ or TX.
Dunno about personal income burden yet, will know in August .
GodSpeed and thanks for your interest in the cause; illegals need to pay taxes, or what the left calls their "fair share" or all hell is breaking loose VERY SOON.
My kids are home schooled. Lots of people are going down that road... wonder what the consequence will be in 10 years...
I have roots in California. My parents own homes in Beverly Hills and Encino as did my wife's parents. Most all of our immediate family has vacated California in favor of Oregon, however our extended family and many of our friends still live in and around the L.A. area. I get that California has become a real "melting pot" of people with an emphasis on Latinos. When last I visited there, I felt like I was in a foreign country.
The issue with folks from South America not paying income taxes is complicated. If they are here illegally, then they can hardly claim their income with living under the radar. Of course regardless of immigration status, everyone pays sales tax. At least you have that in California. There is no sales tax in Oregon.....so talk about a free ride for illegals. Although an illegal would have difficulty owning property and thus paying property taxes, they probably rent. Renters pay property indirectly as it is built into the rent. Never-the-less, children here illegally still get a free lunch, literally. Not only that, if they qualify for free lunch, they also get breakfast and a snack. If they participate in an after school program or go to daycare, they get another light meal in the afternoon. These are Federal programs. At the school where I worked, volunteers actually provided sack lunches to help get the kids some nutrition over the weekends.
It would seem from what you wrote that the $38,000 you paid was corporate tax and not personal income tax. Perhaps I didn't read carefully enough, but it seemed as if you were originally implying it was personal income tax. Not to worry about my research though, it only took a minute to check the tax burden in California. California clearly has one of the highest tax burdens. Of course, California's proposition 13 passed in 1978 limiting property taxes hasn't helped with school funding there since most school funding comes out of property taxes. Oregon passed Measure 5 in 1990 which has had a similar negative affect on school funding. Private school is a choice one makes. Eventually, if enough folks make that choice it will devastate public education. The rich will be educated and the poor won't. We will be like other 3rd world countries in that respect.