When I left Texas some years ago, the Democrats controlled everything; there was a big surplus and talk of reducing the sales tax from 3% to 2%. Now the GOP controlls everything; income taxes are in the air and the sales tax seems to be going from up from 8%. Of course there are more toll roads to fund, not to mention new football stadiums for the high schools.
See what happened because you left!
Ah, you must have seen the "60 Minutes" piece on Denton ISD's new stadium!
"When I left Texas some years ago, the Democrats controlled everything; there was a big surplus and talk of reducing the sales tax from 3% to 2%."
That must have been some years ago indeed, and before the Yankees that moved here decided everything here should be just like the bankrupt Northern states they'd left.
Some folks just aren't trainable.