Article from Reason Christian Britschgi.
On Tuesday, some 76 percent of voters in the state approved Prop 4, a constitutional amendment that prohibits the imposition of a state income tax.
The immediate practical impact of the vote is slight, given that Texas currently has no income tax, and the state constitution had already made passing one a difficult endeavor. The success of Prop. 4 nevertheless highlights the bipartisan political appeal of Texas’ long refusal to take a cut of people’s paychecks.
“THANK YOU TEXANS!!!! Future generations of Texans will thank you too,” tweeted Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, after the vote. “Keep Government out of your pocketbook.”
Prior to the vote, Abbott had tweeted a video of himself tearing up a California state income tax return form. “I never want to see one of these in the great state of Texas,” he says to the camera.
Read the entire article at Reason.
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Down with the IRS, all stated should take their leads!
I didn’t realize that Stalinfornia actually has its serfs fill out a form, I just figured they stuck a gun in everyone’s faces and just took it all.
If it’s not the 1 world gov it’s the taxes. Always something just keeps getting tossed in our faces. Keeps us out of balance.