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Texas toys with state income tax
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| Contributor | DFWDem |
| Last Edited | DFWDem May 24, 2004 11:28am |
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| Media | Newspaper - Lubbock Avalanche-Journal |
| News Date | Monday, May 24, 2004 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | DALLAS (AP) — A monster lurks in Texas' closet — it makes voters scream and politicians hide under their covers.
But is it really as scary as most Texans seem to think?
A few brave souls want the Legislature to fling open the door and confront the state's fears of enacting a state income tax.
As Texas deals with its troubled school funding system, a few lawmakers and business leaders dare to suggest that an income tax represents the best and only foolproof way to pay for public education while relieving homeowners' heavy property tax load.
"It's not going to happen today, but it is going to happen or we're going to drive our state into a Third World-type country," said Scott McCown, executive director of the Center for Public Policy Priorities, an Austin-based group that studies issues affecting low-income Texans. |
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