As Molly Ivins Might Say "Texas Always Makes Me Laugh..." (Here is a good one) LINK

[Blackhatjack]

http://trueslant.com/stephenwebster/2010/02/16/why-tea-partier-medinas-plan-for-texas-taxes-will-not-work/

"You see, Medina wants to abolish property taxes.

“We’ve surrendered private property ownership to the ever-growing state – we lease our property in the form of ever increasing rents known as property taxes,” she claims on her campaign Web site. “We’ve forgotten that ownership is an essential element of freedom; that property taxed is not owned at all. We must cherish and protect all property ownership. Jefferson was correct in his writing to James Madison ’small landholders are the most precious part of a state.’”

Her solution: convert property taxes into sales taxes, even if that means jacking the rate to 16 percent or higher."

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Candidate for Governor proposes that the State of Texas do away with the property tax and replace the lost income by imposing a sales tax of as high as 16%?

I Miss Molly ... She would know exactly how to explain this! LOL