[Theodore R.]

Also, many outside TX do not know that TX already has quite high property tax rates! We pay property taxes to cities, counties, school districts, and community college districts as well. The highest taxes are to the public schools! In the Laredo city school system, this past Saturday voters approved a new property tax plan, 55-45 percent. Supporters said that this was a renewal and not "new taxes," but I do not know the details. Some people can't get enough taxation. They are tax junkies.

[Mamzelle]

re: high prop taxes in Texas

Pretty high sales tax, too. A highend house in Austin on the Lakes, say $700K in market value, would also cost about $15K a year in taxes.

Now Texans are losing their homeowners' insurance due to abusing the system. Owning a house in Texas, though you can buy a lot of house for the money, costs you.

[af_vet_rr]

We pay property taxes to cities, counties, school districts, and community college districts as well. The highest taxes are to the public schools!

And how much of those taxes are being sent to other districts because of the whole 'Robin Hood' thing? If a district gets nailed and has to start paying into that, then they have to increase the taxes just to stay at where they were before. It was poorly conceived from the beginning.