https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2012/05/05/the-life-of-julias-son-zachary/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 07:36:33 -0400<![CDATA[Age 5: Zachary starts kindergarten. Julia drops Zachary off at his first day of public kindergarten. She is surprised and perplexed to find that despite the hefty local property taxes she pays, the class is large. While Zachary is at school, Julia does some Googling and finds that more and more of her taxes pay for pension and health benefits for retired teachers, not for salaries for current teachers. She wonders vaguely whether all that money from the federal government will really help Zachary&#8230;]]>Sat, 05 May 2012 15:05:05 -0400<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2012/05/05/the-life-of-julias-son-zachary-n92214