Texas votes and puts ban on state income tax in their Constitution.

They've never had an income tax bud, this was simply putting it into their constitution so the useless eaters who are flocking there cant change it in the future once they inevitably become a blue state.

One thing the leeches love doing is moving to a new state after they've bled theirs dry to do it all again.

This just ensures that never happens

You just stay in whatever state youre in and keep paying those income tax so your state government too can continue to exist or at least stay there and keep believing that

get it re-assessed/file protest when the nest estimate comes in and make sure THEY have the correct info on your property and go through all the years to see how much/what percentage THEY jacked up the tax.

FFS when i filed protest 2016 and sat down w/the guy, I SEE THEY were calling a freekin doorway that is basicall a tiny "portico" A FRONT PORCH ?? you couldn't even fit a small chair there, and then telling me that my property was comparable w/another guy's--how so when the other man had more sq footage,more acreage, 5 outbuildings on and on==
try and see what can get sorted out.
the main problem remains these damn palatial schools-i have no kids in attendance anymore and that in itself should result in a nice reduction.

Nice. But your vote only counts if the courts decide it does. The courts have enjoyed overturning the popular will lately.

Texas has been doing just fine this way for a very very long time. It's been working out well. Texas usually has a surplus of funds.

We don't mind having a Texas government, for Texans by Texans. As you can see, our governor is fantastic. Texan through and through.

Both of you should look into the homestead declaration. I'm not sure at what age or circumstance it can go into effect, but Texas does have a homestead clause that can negate or reduce the tax burden.

there was never income tax in TX

Sorry to break it to you, but at 12/hr you are not in the middle class.

Depends on where you reside. I have a 3 bedroom house on 65 acres and pay about 2165.00 in property taxes a year. Hardly the highest in the nation. Central Texas. About 15 miles from "the silos" in Waco by the way. Heard of them?

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Our property tax is stupid high
And homestead is not a relief
Trust me prop tax here is a scam

That's poverty levels even in Texas. You are most definitely not middle class.

It was worded kind of strange, I think some people could have been confused. You had to vote "for" in order to prohibit the state income tax.

LOL homestead basically does shyte and even w/the over 65 thing, you're still FKD by the amount going over to the "independent school district" which IS the entire problem for most,you pay that till you either rent or die.all the bs over 65 deal is they claim your assessment will NOT go up- LOL--but TX property taxes cannot be worse than say westchester etc.

The Texas Homestead exemption lowers your taxable amount by $25,000.

If your home is valued at $175,000 you would pay taxes on $150,000 after the exemption. If your tax rate is 2% then you would save $500 per year.

Just edited to the post to 2165. Go to a map and look at the county below Mclennan. One of the poorest in the state. Our taxes are wayyyy reasonable here. Mostly farmland. location,location,location. I work in Waco for the third largest corrugated company in the states. Structural design manager. Nope, not middle class bubba.

Not great for renters. The property owners pay their property taxes straight out of the annual ridiculous rent increases which are way out of line with property tax increases or cost of living increases.

There is talk in Texas about lowering those property taxes.

So fucking dumb. What we should do is abolish property taxes and implement a state income tax in its place. Think about it. At least if you lose your job you don’t have to pay. That isn’t the case with property taxes, there are people whose house is mortgage free that lose it and end up homeless because they became disabled or are elderly on a fixed income or lost their job and they can’t afford their property taxes.

So, interestingly enough, one voting place was closed due to a gas leak. Another was closed but I have no clue why. They had 12 voting machines at our voting place but they sent 8 machines away. We were down to four. Then, these other voters came to our place to vote. The line was down the hall and back out the door.

Also, if you wanted to not have the tax you had to vote “for”. The whole thing was crazy messed up and I live in East Texas.

You saw the way it was worded though, ridiculous! In fact, many of the props were worded cunningly to deceive.
Do you remember how you voted? I would be curious to compare. My hubby and I voted a bit differently.

That’s the truth! I was driving home today admiring the beautiful fall trees. Just fantastic!

Absolutely. :)

now ban the property tax.

The wording was confusing. a good portion of them

Yeah... Most of us still aren't clear as to which California transplant dope-smoker even suggested it in the first place. So we did what we normally do: tie a rope around that idea and throw it in the crick (i.e., make a law against ever bringing up the subject ever again. Ever.)

Its cuz mexicans. Derp. Ask the funny mexican

Good for Texas! Sadly, Texas has been slowly turning blue, county by county, over the last 6 years or so. The mere fact that Beto was even a possibility was frighting enough, and those votes weren't just coming from Austin. Houston was a sea of blue compared to previous years, and I think we all know why that is. Watch yourselves, Texas. Get the goddamn wall built already.

That 24% represent how much your state has been infected by liberals.