Tax relief is seen as carrying a price
Rick Perry's tax relief website invites Texans to advise state leaders how to distribute $1.8 billion that the governor feels should be returned to their pockets.
“While the federal government and some states are trying to figure out how to get their hands on every last taxpayer dollar, in Texas we're trying to determine the best way to provide added tax relief,” the website explains. “That's because in Texas, we respect that it's your money, not the government's. You earned it — the government didn't.”
But lots of government officials in Texas — Democrat and Republican — feel that state tax relief simply would send unpaid bills down to local taxpayers, putting even more burden on local property taxpayers.
From the rise of the mentally ill in county jails to neglected roads, local officials say their budgets are feeling the effect of a decade of austerity in Austin.
More at http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/politics/article/Tax-relief-is-seen-as-carrying-a-price-4360486.php .