Robert Fernandes, of Forks Township, Pennsylvania, thinks his property taxes are too high. He showed up at the tax office with his $7,143.54 school property tax payment in $1 bills (plus two boxes of donuts for the taxA tax is a mandatory payment or charge collected by local, state, and national governments from individuals or businesses to cover the costs of general government services, goods, and activities. officers for their trouble). Fernandes and his wife home-school their kids, so they object to paying so much for a service they don't use:
"It needs to be seen — this is $7,143.54 of my hard-earned money,” Fernandes goes on to say. “It's pretty tough to me to part with this. I can think of better uses for this money than to give it to some service I don't use."
The tax officer took the money over to a bank to count it, and then accepted the payment. There's a video on YouTube of Fernandes making his payment:
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