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Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
Barry Goldwater

Let Sam know how you feel about his “tolerance & diversity”.

Texas School Kids…….

or you have a small ass.

yeeeeesssss, i’d like to think so…

If you lived in Dallas, then you know how much you paid each year in property taxes. Our bill last year was in the 5 digits. Very painful to come up with that each year. we could escrow, but why give the government the money in advance…? Our sales tax is 8.25% also.

Anyway, I know I’m lucky, but it still sucks.

I dream of the day when I can get back to Texas and at least see the majority of my paycheck.

and we will welcome you back with open arms.

we are taxed out the ass

You have got to be kidding me, or you have a small ass. I used to live in Dallas and now live in Pennsylvania and I have friends in Taxachusetts. I get taxed by five different entities and that does not include property tax. That is just on income. I actually get taxed because the place where I work just happens to be in the middle of the city. I get taxed eventhough I don’t live near the city. I dream of the day when I can get back to Texas and at least see the majority of my paycheck.
I remember when they were discussing “Robinhood” and that does need to go away.

How are they funded? Property Taxes?

Yes. In Texas, we are taxed out the ass. There’s no state income tax, which is good, but they surely make up for it in property taxes (which property owners pay, not renters). See, a number of years ago, the way we funded our schools was deemed unconstitutional because the funding was not equal. So, in all their brilliance, they passed this “Robinhood” plan, which essentially gives away money from property-rich school districts and gives it to property-poor school districts in an effort to level the playing field. so, a district in houston/dallas/austin can send money down to a district in the valley, west texas or whereever.

It’s a very screwed up system and there’s a been attempts to fix it, but they have really failed up to this point to make any meaningful changes. And our property taxes will remain high, even though they’ve “promised” to lower them.

Now, back to that district near Houston – it’s in an area that has a high hispanic population. It makes perfect sense that the district would cater to the hispanic population. As sad as it is, what we have seen in this video is prevalent throughout south texas.

What has Mexico done for these people? Come to think of it, several things: 1) created an economically untenable situation; 2) rather than fix the corruption and incompetence that led to this situation, encouraged its excess population to illegally cross the border into the US and send money home; 3) left this excess population both linguistically and vocationally underprepared for anything but minimum wage jobs in this country.

They want to live here? They ought to be showing alot more reverence for the flag under whose shadow they’re so desparate to live.

I strongly agree to give my allegiance in a non-binding way to the tattered rag of the desolate beachfront property between South America and that place up north everyone is running to.

With dysentery and tamales for all.