re: #128 brookly red

OK for example Texas & Florida have no stat income tax… and they are doing quite well. Coincidence?

I live in Texas, no we are not. We have an HUGE budget deficit, low graduation rates, high uninsured rates, high teen pregnancy rates, etc. Our deficit is almost as big as California’s and we have fewer people. We pay fees and fines our of our asses to make up for the lack of income tax. This deficit by the way, occurred on the watch of a GOP governor and GOP legislature. They have decided that the best way to deal with it is making women get sonograms to stop abortions and let college kids take guns on campus. The only reason we aren’t as bad off as damn near every other Southern state is our oil.