[Texas Federalist]

Good post. I remember when I lived in Connecticut, the income tax was supposed to be a temporary solution to a budget crisis. Well I had to move to Texas taxes were so high.

[Proud_texan]

Appropriate to your tag line I often think that Reagan was one of the few who understood the nature of the beast and even he couldn't kill it. An old song sums it up nicely:

If you drive a car, I'll tax the street,
If you try to sit, I'll tax your seat,
If you get too cold, I'll tax the heat,
If you take a walk, I'll tax your feet.

There's simply no capacity to rein it in short of cutting off any new taxes, period.

We're frogs in slowly warming water. Think of it; a 10% sales tax in some areas. Study that number; 10%. It's absolutely absurd that the state would be entitled to take a 10% cut when we buy underwear or charge us rent for our own property but we've become so conditioned to it that it's sort of "well, isn't that a bummer" or "hey, I'll make out okay on this new scheme and they'll gig the other guy" and go back to sleep.

Oh well, gotta go to work to pay my Spanish-American war tax.