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commonwealth-81	Argall, David G.; Hopcraft, Jon; Fischel, William A.	COMMONWEALTH Forum: Should Pennsylvania Abolish the Property Tax for Schools?	2016	12	.pdf	application/pdf	4879	265	62	KQV Radio in Pittsburgh in April of 2012 found 85% of their listeners support a plan to eliminate school property taxes; the York Dispatch in May of 2012 asked a similar question with 73% support of com- plete elimination; the Easton Express Times surveyed readers in March of 2015 asking about supporting a state budget deal or school property tax elimination with 84% supporting the latter. This debate has gone on for decades in the Pennsylvania General Assem- bly with the key question “What is the best way to fund our public schools?” In 1953, Governor Fine enacted the state Sales and Use Tax at 1%—while this tripled state aid for education, it failed to kill off school property taxes (PHMC 2015a).	cache/commonwealth-81.pdf	txt/commonwealth-81.txt