[Theodore R.]

People never pay off a house. Even when a mortgage company is finally compensated, the silent partner -- the local government -- continues to bleed the hapless person dry.

[BenLurkin]

You need a "Proposition 13".

[Kolb]

Before the 10% cap I routinely got hosed with over 20% increases. Protests seem to accomplish little except for wasting time and raising your blood pressure. Each year I receive the 10% appraisal increase (they call it a cap, but in reality it is a "guranteed by law" increase).

With all the new people moving into my county each year, and the revenues increasing at a steady 10% pace annually, where in the hell is all that money going? Our infrastructure is crumbling, city services never get any better (usually worse) and the rates on city supplied utilities rise steadily. Hmmmmmmmmm...

[Gay State Conservative]

Sounds like TX needs a law similar to our "Prop 2 1/2",a law which caps a house's assessed value at 2.5% of it's actual market value,caps a homeowner's tax bill increase,year to year,at 2.5% and requires a city/town referendum to exceed these,and other,caps.

[lrb111]

But our taxes were lowered!! Perry's campaign ad says so....

Mine went up exactly ten percent, or at the "cap", about 100 miles south of there.

[mtbopfuyn]

Ours has gone up 10% every year too. When we first moved here, the taxes amounted to about 2 weeks pay. Today, taxes equal 2 MONTHS pay. Same house, same job. We simply can't afford 1/6th of our income for taxes alone.