Texas Supreme Court rules property tax unconstitutional

Boston Globe ^ | Nov. 22, 2005 | April Castro

[George W. Bush]

...Governor Ann Richards...

If her mouth was moving, she was lying.

This is most likely why they are in Austin only 90 days every two years. They do less harm that way.

My state only allows them to meet less than half the year in a unicameral. It limits the mischief but they still have plenty of chances to mess things up. The good thing is that it is harder for them to hide what they're up to when plotting against the citizens and their wallets.

Thanks for the comptroller view on Texas financing and influence peddling. I'm sure it's much the same in almost every state. Maybe Utah and New Hampshire are a little better. Maybe.

[George W. Bush]

The irony of using lottery money for education is that if public education succeeded in teaching reading and math comprehension, no one would ever buy another lottery ticket. The odds are so much against you that you really are just throwing money down the drain.

The existence of state lotteries tends to prove that schools have failed utterly. And that the state government thinks it's fine to promote get-rich-quick schemes to the citizens. They prosecute private confidence schemes so they get more money in public con jobs.

[George W. Bush]

The John Locke Foundation here in NC released a report showing the states that do have lotteries have higher tax rates than those that don't.

Voters stupid enough to tolerate gambling are stupid enough to fall for lots of other stuff.

There's a lot of research available in recent years about the harm done to poor and middle-class families from gambling in states with lotteries, the giant debt loads, the bankruptcies, the foreclosures, all tied to the adoption of lotteries and especially to casinos.

[azhenfud]

Another of the biggest get rich quick schemes being pulled over on Americans is Socialist's Security - but that's another topic of discussion and aggravation.

[shield]

WOW....no school taxes...they'd be the very greatest... ;o)

[kansan]

Read the opinion. It does nothing to change the Robin Hood redistribution mechanism.

[Dawgreg]

AMEN!

[LibertarianInExile]

You ignore the facts. How were the roads built before? With the same funding sources that somehow just don't seem to work now. The more people buying gas, the more money comes in. Why is it that this funding source isn't working? Because government is spending it where it ain't supposed to be spent, on ROADS. Inflation isn't remotely the reason, nor is 'future demand.' If the money weren't being spent inappropriately, it would be plenty enough.

And if the roads are being built to meet future demand, if that demand is so assured, why are private builders not buying the land themselves to guarantee themselves 100% of the profit? Because they can shunt the bill to the state via the condemnation process and avoid having to pay the actual value of the land if Perry carries water for them. You can call it rhetorical nonsense to say that Texans didn't elect Perry to condemn a swath of the state for the benefit of 'future demand' and private builders, but the reality is that 'visionary' government is liberal government, not conservative government. This 'visionary' government is not reacting to the future market, but planning and managing it. And that's not government's role.

[green iguana]

There's about a 10% exemption for the school district and the county (25 mil) - the rest is 100%.

[GGpaX4DumpedTea]

"You probably are a big believer in the Loch Ness Monster..."

Ive seen it...wanna see pics?

Now go back and read my post...I said, "If those who say the 16th was never legally ratified are correct,..."