[Ethrane]

When one of my fellow Texans who, having resided in Texas for over twenty years, on and off, within the military, had to pay out of state tuition for his daughter as they didn’t meet a residence requirement - a twenty five year active duty man.

Well, what state exactly was your friend a 'resident' of anyway? Was it TX? On tax day, did he file TX income tax forms? Even if he was in TX based on military service, it was always his option to change his residency legally to TX...so why didn't he?

Usually, military personnel choose their state of residence based on what costs them less in taxes...i.e., they can maintain their state of residence from when they entered the service if it is advantageous from a tax standpoint...or they can switch.

But I don't see why your friend's plight in paying for his kid's college is a mark against Perry if he wasn't a TX resident.

[stanne]

Usually, military personnel choose their state of residence based on what costs them less in taxes...i.e., they can maintain their state of residence from when they entered the service if it is advantageous from a tax standpoint...or they can switch.
But I don’t see why your friend’s plight in paying for his kid’s college is a mark against Perry if he wasn’t a TX resident.
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I know. If he had been smart enough to be an illegal alien instead of having served his country for 25 years, he’d have been able to skip all of that stinkin’ paperwork and just pay thousands of dollars less, thanks to Perry.

Go ahead and vote for him, I don’t care, but I won’t pretend that, given this example as well as the view from the ground, here in TX, that Perry is tough on illegal immigration.