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Sarah Hyman, 43, wife of a high school teacher, agrees. The house the Hymans bought six years ago for $72,000 is now assessed at $220,000, and the tax, which was up to $4,000 last year, was slated to more than double???to $8,300. "We see waste in the school system every day," she contends. "At 15 or more high schools, there's a dean for every grade, plus a head dean for the deans. At one school they had enough money to buy six electric typewriters, so they did?even though there was only one typist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sound and Fury over Taxes | 6/19/1978 | See Source »

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