Texas state sales tax revenue:
$1,653.1 million in December 2009
$1,655.3 million in January 2010
$1,595.2 million in February 2010
$1,458.9 million in March 2010
http://www.window.state.tx.us/taxinfo/salestax/
But retail sales are improving. Ya right.
Seems it back to 2006 numbers. I wonder what the state did with the extra sales tax money in 2007,2008, 2009.