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I'm not for a second arguing against public education, and I believe that schools should be properly funded.
In most cases, having children is a choice (rape is abhorrent but I realize it does happen). There is birth control, sterilization surgery, various methods of contraception, and in states that aren't republican shitholes, abortion.
Yes, I'll benefit from educated adults, but if someone decides to have a child, they should be responsible for raising them into adulthood. If I decide I want to buy a piece of land and turn it into a public area, plenty of people will benefit, but it's still my land that I chose to buy, and all costs associated with it are my responsibility.
You may also have perfect health not need public health service yet you pay for it.
You may not have a car and not need access to public roads yet you pay for it.
If you make it so that education is paid for by parents and parents alone you're going to find there's a lot less people willing to run the already incredibly difficult gauntlet of parenthood, not to mention you'll end up in a place where only the wealthy can risk becoming parents, which is a nightmare in itself.
What about other people who don't drive cars or will never use police or fire services? Their tax money is paying for things they won't (but you will) use too. Driving a car is a choice.
Furthermore, your 'developing land for public use" comment is off-base too considering your local government will likely build roads and other infrastructure to said property paid for with tax money. So once again, other people are paying for services that benefit you.
Finally, if you're unwilling to pay for education, does that mean you are willing to pay more for jails and prisons? That's likely where a generation of kids who don't receive an education will end up. Do you think your tax money is better invested there and do you think jails will produce more productive members of society than school would?
The fact that you equate children with property shows precisely what kind of incel-tier shitbag you are.
Be better.