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Old 08-28-2009, 06:44 PM
 
Location: Tampa
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do you find you lack in services?

Something has to give...

The Tax Foundation - Texas' State and Local Tax Burden, 1977-2008

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Old 09-01-2009, 04:07 PM
 
Location: Boca Raton, FL
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Why does anything have to give? Low services is a feature, not a bug. I've never had a government entity give me "service" I'd voluntarily pay for. The thing I've noticed about high tax jurisdictions is that while they take more, they sure don't give more.
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Old 09-01-2009, 10:52 PM
 
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Sing it brother
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Old 09-01-2009, 11:34 PM
 
Location: Slaughter Creek, Travis County
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The toilets flush, the water is safe and clean, my AC is running, the cops have bullets and know their jobs, the firefighters are well trained, my trash gets picked up every Monday, the roads get me where I need to go, and my city manager is egomaniac. Eight out of one is better odds than anything in Vegas.

You need a city manager? I bet my egomaniac is better than your Tampa political lacky.

No thank you on your message - which was what?
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Old 09-02-2009, 07:02 AM
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Location: Ohio
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Since fuel tax money has been diverted from highway maintenance and improvement to the general fund, there isn't enough money to build new highways. As a result, the state government is refusing to build any new major highway projects unless they can be tolled. I'd say roads are the part of the balloon that's getting pushed in so that the rest of the balloon can appear normal.
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Old 09-02-2009, 12:13 PM
 
Location: Visitation between Wal-Mart & Home Depot
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do you find you lack in services?

Something has to give...

The Tax Foundation - Texas' State and Local Tax Burden, 1977-2008

I could be way off here, but I think that one of the best services Texas provides is a multitude of jobs and I keep more of the money I work for than I would in most of the lower 48. I appreciate that a helluva lot more than anything else the government is selling.

After focusing on the issue, I do not think that I have ever felt any acute lack of any service provided by any layer of government.

Something does have to give, though. There are too many people coming into this state from every border.
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Old 09-03-2009, 08:14 PM
 
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??? Something has to give... ??? Give all you like. Setup a poll booth on I-10 and stop all those moving trucks from California to ask where they're headed. While you're at it, look up states with population loss and those with growth then figure what those high dollar services are doing for those with loss.
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Old 09-04-2009, 09:24 PM
 
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Smile Low tax burden for whom, the rich

Careful with those rankings, a low tax burden in Texas like a poster is probably for the high income millionaires who chose to live in a modest dwelling, don't forget "fees, surcharges, service fees, receipts taxes, utility taxes,etc" which mean a lot more to a middle-income working person that a high income millionaire.
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Old 09-04-2009, 09:31 PM
 
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All the tax, double the corruption, none of the services. Moderator cut: see comment

Last edited by Bo; 09-05-2009 at 09:44 AM.. Reason: National politics is off-topic here. Feel free to start a new thread in P&OC and link back to it here.
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Old 09-04-2009, 11:13 PM
 
Location: Boca Raton, FL
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Careful with those rankings, a low tax burden in Texas like a poster is probably for the high income millionaires who chose to live in a modest dwelling, don't forget "fees, surcharges, service fees, receipts taxes, utility taxes,etc" which mean a lot more to a middle-income working person that a high income millionaire.
Your point? It's not the millionaire's job to subsidize you. Go make your own million instead of stealing it from somebody else.
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