[packrat35]

Am I the only one who noticed this?

In addition, his plan would increase the sales tax rate by 7/10 of a percent – to 6.95%, and increase the cigarette tax by $1.

And they call this a tax cut??? Not in my book and I don't smoke.

[SolidSupplySide]

Am I the only one who noticed this?

Umm. No, you aren't the only one to notice it. Hasn't this been described as rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic?

[Proud_texan]

Yeah, a .7% increase in sales tax will be bumping some areas into the 10% range. That's a lot of sales tax....

[Dog Gone]

That cigarette tax increase is going to not work out. It may be good that it encourages more people to quit, but then they also quit paying that tax.

[TexasTransplant]

>>>" In addition, his plan would increase the sales tax rate by 7/10 of a percent – to 6.95%"<<<

TRY 8.95%, today it is 8.25%

[mysto]

That's right, you're not the only one to notice that this is a tax non-cut... it's just moving the tax from real property to sales and cigarette taxes. That sales tax increase from 6.25% to 6.95% can be increased by 2 cents on the dollar by local authorities to fund local projects (e.g. roads, stadiums, other local yokel pet projects), meaning that it will make most Texans' sales tax 8.95%. The only good thing about this is that there's still no state income tax in Texas (yet).