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We have an interesting relationship with taxes. We have no state income tax, and our gas tax is low enough to force most new highways into being toll roads, bu
by amyjess 8y ago
We have an interesting relationship with taxes.
We have no state income tax, and our gas tax is low enough to force most new highways into being toll roads, but our property taxes are sky high.
In fact, we have higher property taxes than California. Now, because property is so much less expensive here than in CA, you still have cheaper housing costs, but in Texas a much higher percentage of that is tax.
- clairity 8y agoyah, the money has to come from somewhere and texas has a lot of roads and schools (in a prior job, texas used my product in it's property tax assessments). i think the focus on low taxes is born of a frustration with corruption, inefficiency, and unfairness. so let's hold elected officials to those standards rather than focus on tax rates, which is both a proxy and a distraction (also true of the 'small government' talking point).