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Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst told the Texas Taxpayers and Research Association he hopes a joint House-Senate panel studying school funding reaches recommendations by March 15 in time for a special session in April. Dewhurst and Sen. Florence Shapiro, R-Plano, said tax options under study include a state personal income tax, expansion of the state sales tax and a...
State Sen. Florence Shapiro told potential voters on Monday that everything will be on the table during a special session on school finance to be conducted in the spring, including a state income tax. "Nobody said we won't consider a state income tax," said Shapiro, R-Plano. "It will be on the table."

On the table my butt!. Throw that junk to the garbage heap. My school districts budget next year is $414 Million with a expected loss of $40 Million. I think reforming the school districts to find out were all this money is going, would be a good start. I bet we could save billions state wide. Then we can talk of raising the Sales Tax or property tax.

Also the Robinhood plan is a farce. Most Rural towns are actually the richer districts since they are primarily farming and ranching communities. So the State takes money away from them and in many cases TO MUCH!. I know one town that is the county seat, that is in this situation. Instead of the State doing the right thing and lowering the amount it takes. They told the school district to shut down and send their kids on a 2-3 hour bus ride to the bigger town in the county.

Both are morons. The last Texas politician to seriously propose an income tax was nearly throttled in an elevator.

Of course, I wouldn't put it past Dewhurst to try to repeal the law of gravity.