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Old 02-25-2011, 06:11 AM
 
Location: Tower of Heaven
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Texas ranks 45th out of the 50 U.S. states for the weight of its total state and local tax burden, according to a report by The Tax Foundation.
The report by the Washington D.C.-based nonprofit think tank said tax burdens in fiscal year 2009 fell from the previous year, and said New Jersey residents paid the highest combination of income, sales, property and other taxes at 12.1 percent.
Texans paid only 7.1 percent over the same period.


Texas tax burden among nation?s lowest | Houston Business Journal
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Old 02-25-2011, 08:36 AM
 
Location: Aurora, CO
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Texas ranks 45th out of the 50 U.S. states for the weight of its total state and local tax burden, according to a report by The Tax Foundation.
The report by the Washington D.C.-based nonprofit think tank said tax burdens in fiscal year 2009 fell from the previous year, and said New Jersey residents paid the highest combination of income, sales, property and other taxes at 12.1 percent.
Texans paid only 7.1 percent over the same period.


Texas tax burden among nation?s lowest | Houston Business Journal
Yup and pretty soon every major highway in Texas will have that awesome light tax burden of 15-20 cents per mile.
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Old 02-25-2011, 08:38 AM
 
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Yup and pretty soon every major highway in Texas will have that awesome light tax burden of 15-20 cents per mile.
Proof ?
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Old 02-25-2011, 08:46 AM
 
Location: Aurora, CO
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Proof ?
Well let's see, shall we? Every major construction project in DFW includes tolling of some form or another.

635 Reconstruction - Cintra-tolled lanes
DFW Connector - "managed" toll lanes
35E reconstruction - "managed" toll lanes
Collin County Outer Loop - toll
161 Tollway (funded in part by $2 billion in taxpayer-funded gas tax "loans.")
Southwest Parkway Toll Road (Subsidized by increased toll rates on the Dallas North, President George Bush, and Sam Rayburn Tollways).

Collin County also wants to add toll lanes to Central Expressway from the Grayson County line to Plano.

Plus the state of Texas coincidentally "found" $340 million in leftover bond revenue laying around to build a 14 mile segment of Houston's privately-owned Grand Parkway.

Remember, Slick Ric Williamson's quote "In your lifetime most existing roads will have tolls?" It's coming true.
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Old 02-25-2011, 09:19 AM
 
Location: The Big D
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Well let's see, shall we? Every major construction project in DFW includes tolling of some form or another.

635 Reconstruction - Cintra-tolled lanes
DFW Connector - "managed" toll lanes
35E reconstruction - "managed" toll lanes
Collin County Outer Loop - toll
161 Tollway (funded in part by $2 billion in taxpayer-funded gas tax "loans.")
Southwest Parkway Toll Road (Subsidized by increased toll rates on the Dallas North, President George Bush, and Sam Rayburn Tollways).

Collin County also wants to add toll lanes to Central Expressway from the Grayson County line to Plano.

Plus the state of Texas coincidentally "found" $340 million in leftover bond revenue laying around to build a 14 mile segment of Houston's privately-owned Grand Parkway.

Remember, Slick Ric Williamson's quote "In your lifetime most existing roads will have tolls?" It's coming true.
FYI, the OP is also known as Renaud (sp?). He lives in France and has never been to Texas.
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Old 02-25-2011, 09:29 AM
 
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FYI, the OP is also known as Renaud (sp?). He lives in France and has never been to Texas.
Stop this crap, can you discuss seriously or you have 12 ?
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Old 02-25-2011, 10:01 AM
 
Location: The Big D
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Stop this crap, can you discuss seriously or you have 12 ?
I have a dozen eggs in the fridge if that is what you referring to with the 12 comment.


yes, I can discuss it but it is hard to discuss this topic with someone that knows ZILCH about it as you are not here.

You wanted proof of the current explosion of tollroads in Texas........ which shows you no very little of what you speak of.
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Old 02-25-2011, 06:19 PM
 
Location: Texas
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as compared to total taxes compared to income/ not so fast, Texas is 15th from the top

http://retirementliving.com/tax_per_capita_2009.pdf (broken link)
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Old 02-25-2011, 07:13 PM
 
Location: Purgatory (A.K.A. Dallas, Texas)
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Texas tax burden ranks among nation's lowest, and man are we paying for it. Shoddy roads, budgets that won't balance, a dearth of government services, poor schools....
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Old 02-25-2011, 11:28 PM
 
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Can't those who want more taxes volunteer to pay more? Or else there should be a new volunteer tax set up for all those who think their taxes aren't high enough.
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