The Austin American-Statesman is reporting the obvious today: Texas voters want substantive reform to our tax system.
Political consultant Todd Smith sums it up pretty well:
“I never heard anybody say, ‘I just got the right amount of property tax relief,’ ” he said. “Republican primary voters are like everyone else: ‘What have you done for me lately?’ ”
If you’re a small business owner, what the Lege has imposed new tax burdens with the new “gross margins tax.” This monstrosity has everyone nervous — and rightly so.
With so much frustration building about the lack of property tax reform, and the imposition of a new tax, campaigning lawmakers will have to address the issue on the stump — and then face real wrath if they don’t follow through with legislative action.
Time will tell.
