Overview. The Department of Education spends about $30 billion a year on subsidies for higher education. The bulk of that funding goes toward student aid programs, with the balance going toward grants to educational institutions.ote that the figures for loans are the net amount of federal support, based on assumptions about loan repayments. The gross amount of loans is much largerâin fiscal 2008, the gross amount of loans was $110 billion. In recent years, Congress has expanded subsidies for higher education.
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Property tax is  a levy issued by a government on a person's real or personal property. The property is assessed to give it a value, and then that value is taxed. The amount of tax owed is determined by multiplying the fair market value of the property by the current tax rate. The amount taxed on a given property may change over time based on a reassessment of the property's value. Typically, property tax is not increased as the value of the home naturally increases; the value of the tax generally remains based on the value of the property at the time it was purchased.