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Comment by asdff

2 days ago

I would not frame Texas as having great results. If anything places should get as little like Texas as they possibly can. I mean they send you to jail for an abortion or a gram of weed. It's living under Shari-yall law.

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jostmey  2 days ago

The tax system in Texas is a better system. Sure, Texas has lots of problems. That doesn't mean there is nothing to learn from Texas.

I live in Texas. I don't like the restrictive laws. Texas could learn a lot for California, just not in the areas of taxation

  • asdff  2 days ago

    The lack of a progressive income tax structure gives texas few levers to ameliorate budget issues without cutting services or raising property taxes. It doesn't help the current governor seems to be pushing city budgets to the brink by also cutting off the property tax lever.

    https://www.texastribune.org/2026/08/17/texas-city-budgets-c...

    • blm126  2 days ago

      Out of curiosity, why couldn't property taxes be progressive? What stops Texas from having different tax rates based on the value of the property?

      It even seems like it avoids a lot the pit falls the uber-wealthy use to avoid most progressive income taxes. Its easy to disguise income as something else. Property, though, is right out in the open. The state can easily audit and value property and send the bill. No matter how fancy the accounting, that bill will eventually reach the person "consuming" that property.

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  • Danox  2 days ago

    There’s nothing California can learn from Texas, but if you want to live like Texas or Oklahoma, you can just move to Bakersfield, California hint: that part of California sucks.

jojogeo  2 days ago

> Shari-yall

Made me laugh while drinking; messy, but worth it for the smiles I'll have every time I remember it! Outstanding job, internet stranger.