[mnehring]

I know of two cases where Strayhorn has supported it. In one, she complained that we don't have an income tax we can deduct from our federal returns like other States (this is claimed by her apologists that she was referring to deducting sales tax from federal returns, but that wasn't the context of the speech and it is also ignorant of the fact we can deduct sales tax from our fed returns.)

The second time was in an education finance meeting last year where she proposed the 'only way' to fix education financing was to change our tax system to an income tax based system.

I'll get you links on both, I've posted these many times here.. luckily most people see Strayhorn as I do, Ann Richards with an (I) behind her name..

[Redbob]

"...it is also ignorant of the fact we can deduct sales tax from our fed returns."

But last year was the first time we could do that; and that too is ignorant of the fact that not all of us can deduct such things - you have to "qualify" for itemizing first...