Greg Abbott and Dan Patrick engage in disingenuous property tax politics, while Texas suffers.
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick explains the anticipated budget surplus and spending cap at a November 2022 event
The surplus has almost nothing to do with local property tax collections, but in their infinite wisdom, Gov. Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick are down with giving half of the surplus"back to Texas taxpayers" in the guise of property tax relief. Ultimately, this $15 billion spend is expected to translate into about $300 in relief to each of the state's residential property owners.
But there's really no need to resort to any kind of gimmicks or heroic measures; the state could easily provide meaningful relief to local property taxpayers by actually using this money to do its job and funding all of the parts of state government that are endemically underfunded.
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