Comments on: Texans For Fiscal Responsibility Want To Do Away With Property Taxes To Fund Education

By: Tony

Tony — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:34:46 +0000

I think this issue tends to bring out the relentless “stupid” in everyone. The Corporatists, (Repubs), are of course always eager to have their cake and eat it too. Having benefited from the mortgage interest expense deduction in the pursuit of accumulating wealth, they now want to eliminate the property tax such that they can retire expense free while replacing the property tax with “sales taxes”. Avid Democrats of course can’t abide by anyone getting off for nothing and enjoy the thought of taking the retiree’s last dime before they shuffle off their mortal coil. There are numerous truths here. First, the property taxes do indeed, if you give it a bit more thought, turn everyone in Texas into a “renter”; no one ever really owns a home here because of the ever burgeoning property tax. This means of course that as the bloated Yuppies slip into retirement prior to their ultimate demise as landfill, they are ever more eyeing low property tax jurisdictions and are, on a national scale, pushing back against the property tax. My wife and I had considered retiring here and we’ve purchased a modest home far from the crime ridden urban pits of despair to enjoy the country life only to receive a notice from the county that they’ve raised the appraised value from $54,000.00 to $78,000.00. There’s no basis for that valuation, home prices are falling everywhere; there are no comparable sales in this neighborhood and the brings up my second point. Local property taxes are assessed on behalf of capricious and arbitrary local boards with no oversight. They are, plan and simple, greedy.

You’re correct, the sales tax is equally unfair. There are only three “fair” solutions to this problem. 1) a State Income Tax which taxes workers who are usually of child bearing years, and which has the effect of keeping Texas money in Texas first! 2) a Corporate tax. The primary beneficiary, after the parents and children, of a high quality education system are the employes. They should bear part of the cost and 3) a tax on the Parents. There’s no such thing as a “free” education and they are the ones creating the need for the education system. Another solution is to tax remittances from the immigrants to their family’s to the south.

Anyway, knowing that “smart” is never doable in a Nation where “stupid” never takes a holiday, we’re now looking at retirment in Mexico. Good luck!

By: Brains and Eggs

Brains and Eggs — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

One commentator has called it a game of Russian roulette, and so it is…. In a much-anticipated mega-post on transportation issues, McBlogger tells us that lawmakers are “doing it wrong” when it comes to transportation funding. Vince at Capitol Annextears apart the Republican argument for getting rid of property taxes and replacing them with a sales tax for funding public schools, which this week was promoted by Texans for Fiscal Responsibility.

By: South Texas Chisme

South Texas Chisme — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

One commentator has called it a game of Russian Roulette, and so it is…. In a much-anticipated mega-post on transportation issues, McBlogger tells us that lawmakers are “doing it wrong” when it comes to transportation funding. Vince at Capitol Annextears apart the Republican argument for getting rid of property taxes and replacing them with a sales tax for funding public schools, which this week was promoted by Texans for Fiscal Responsibility.

By: Three Wise Men

Three Wise Men — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

By: Burnt Orange Report: Our Eyes Are Upon Texas Politics.

Burnt Orange Report: Our Eyes Are Upon Texas Politics. — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

By: Eye on Williamson

Eye on Williamson — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

, and so it is…. In a much-anticipated mega-post on transportation issues, McBlogger tells us that lawmakers are “doing it wrong” when it comes to transportation funding. Vince at Capitol Annextears apart the Republican argument for getting rid of property taxes and replacing them with a sales tax for funding public schools, which this week was promoted by Texans for Fiscal Responsibility.

By: The Texas Cloverleaf

The Texas Cloverleaf — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

commentator has called it a game of Russian Roulette, and so it is…. In a much-anticipated mega-post on transportation issues, McBlogger tells us that lawmakers are “doing it wrong” when it comes to transportation funding. Vince at Capitol Annextears apart the Republican argument for getting rid of property taxes and replacing them with a sales tax for funding public schools, which this week was promoted by Texans for Fiscal Responsibility.

By: Doing My Part For The Left

Doing My Part For The Left — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

commentator has called it a game of Russian Roulette and so it is…. In a much-anticipated mega-post on transportation issues McBlogger tells us that lawmakers are “doing it wrong” when it comes to transportation funding. Vince at Capitol Annextears apart the Republican argument for getting rid of property taxes and replacing them with a sales tax for funding public schools, which this week was promoted by Texans for Fiscal Responsibility. Labels: texas politics texas progressive alliance