We will never fix the problem in Texas until we have a state income tax.Move to Ohio. You can pay the same high sales tax plus pay real estate tax plus pay INCOME TAX.
The idiots who passed it here a few decades ago should be tarred and feathered.
We will never fix the problem in Texas until we have a state income tax.
Move to Ohio. You can pay the same high sales tax plus pay real estate tax plus pay INCOME TAX.
The idiots who passed it here a few decades ago should be tarred and feathered.
That can be remedied easily through constitutional limits. The tax burden can not be higher than what it was previously under the old system. As the state takes in greater revenues (and it will), the total tax revenue rises with it. The individual tax payer is not going to get hit harder. But we are right now with our property taxes going out of sight. The neighbor across the street just saw his property revalued upwards of $125,000. He's paying about $8,000 a year in property taxes in Texas. The most I EVER paid in Missouri was about $700 for a 2,400 square foot house in a very nice neighborhood of Springfield. My sales taxes were 1/2 of what I pay in Texas. And my insurance costs were half of what I am paying now. Texans are getting fleeced right and left and I'm sick and tired of it and not going to be silent about it any longer.
The fact is that Texas is a wealthy state. It is a disgrace that we have such an antiquated tax system. It is more than overdue to come into the 21st century. Right now we are living as though we are living in the 19th century. That's just plain dumb.