LOL!!! Why wait till you’re 90 to run for Miss America? Too busy gardening?
I did not articulate well: Does Texas have high income tax for Texas wage earners or are Texas property taxes high compared to other states? Or does Texas government just know how to balance their budgets?
“Does Texas have high income tax for Texas wage earners or are Texas property taxes high compared to other states? Or does Texas government just know how to balance their budgets?”
1. Texas has NO income tax.
2. Building a house here is cheaper than most states - in other words a bigger house for less money.
3. Property taxes are set by each county. In my county, when you become 70 (think it’s 70), your property tax is frozen and you pay that same amount every year, it does not go up any more.
4. Texas does have a sales tax and I don’t know the percentage that is, but it is not excessive.
5. Our Texas constitution requires us to always have a balanced budget - we cannot spend more than we have. The legislature meets every two years and cannot spend more than the Treasurer allows them to spend in order to stay within the Texas state income.