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Savage Inequalities (HarperPerennial, 1992 printing of the 1991 book)

Jonathan Kozol · c. 1991

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  1. the property tax is the decisive force in shaping inequality.
  2. So it is that inequality, once it is accepted, grows contagious.
  3. Equal funding for unequal needs is not equality.

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