Steve of Titan Impact Group reflects on the purpose of his work and discusses Arizona education spending vs. college tuition, noting that per-student K–12 costs (about $14,300) exceed average in-state university tuition (~$11,300) by roughly $3,000. He connects this to property-tax differences—mobile-home residents often pay only a few hundred dollars annually while stick-built homeowners pay several thousand—arguing these fiscal dynamics influence zoning decisions and the availability of affordable housing, and urging a balance between serving low/middle-income residents and respecting the tax base.
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Hey, everyone, it's Steve with Titan Impact Group, sentinel of the American dream. Hey, I wanted to be serious for a minute. I like to goof around like anybody else. But, you know, this morning kind of woke up in a little bit of a somber mood of why are we here? What are we really doing here? And, you know, I couldn't really sleep well last night. And so I got up and I was doing some stats and looking things up just to make sure you got to cover all your bases. And one of the interesting facts that I, that I found was that for the first time ever, it actually costs less to go to college in Arizona than it does to what the taxpayers have to pay in order to send kids K through 12. K through 12. Education, the state budget, approximately $14,300. The average tuition to ASU NAU U of A is only $11,300. So there's, there's about a $3,000 difference. And you know, the thing is though, is that we have the decision whether to pursue a higher education. We don't have a decision on whether or not we're going to pay to send kids K through 12. And so you may ask, what does that have to do anything with the mobile home park or anything else like that? Well, it's real simple. Property tax. You see, mobile homes are they, you know, they're registered with the dmv. You get your license, your tax, your tags, if you will, through the dmv, just like you would a car or motorcycle or pickup truck or, you know, an atv, something like that. And so the thing is, is that a person who lives in a mobile home may only be contributing a couple hundred dollars taxes every year, whereas a person who lives in a conventional built stick home is going to be contributing several thousands of dollars every year. And so that to, you know, go towards the school system. So when a town is, you know, when it's in desperate need of taxes, this is one of the things that they consider when they're talking about zoning for a mobile home park or not. The bottom line is the question we have to ask ourselves is what does the top echelon of society, how are they going to treat the poor and the middle class? Because that's really what it's all about. And that's what we're trying to do. We're trying to make a difference. We want to find a happy median between being able to provide affordable housing for those who desperately need it and also respect the tax base so that everyone can receive their. So with that, thanks for letting me share your thoughts. And my thoughts. And may you never awaken the American dream.
