Letter: Taxes make homes hard to sell

A new home is constructed in Pepper Pike, Ohio. (Dec. 6, 2012) Credit: AP
The United States spends more per student on education than almost every other country, and New York ranks among the highest of the states.
When I am forced sell my house because I can no longer afford my school tax bill, maybe I can say that Bay Shore spends more per student than almost any place in the world. That ought to get people to come buy it. Yeah, right!