Well, here's a comment from your friendly neighborhood Libertarian, who is still a registered Republican...
Your first sentence made me giggle; I think that exact phrase is on a couple of anti-Hutchison commercials. ;)
I'm at a total loss as to who to vote for in the Republican primary. Hutchison is a flake, and while Medina has some interesting ideas, a couple of her big issues aren't issues I feel all that strongly about (like gun control, which is surely not that big of an issue in Texas, anyway, where everyone already has guns?), so I'm not wild about casting a vote for her. Which leaves Perry, who I was vehemently against last election, but he's been surprisingly good lately. But there's just something about him that sets my teeth on edge. You may have nailed it when you described him as a politician through and through.
What are your thoughts on Medina's idea of abolishing the property tax? It wouldn't make a huge difference for us, as we've got pretty low property taxes, but my parents have ridiculous ones and it would really be good for them. But would this screw over the renting population, who not only won't have extra income since they're not paying property taxes to begin with, but will experience a big hike at the cash register? I realize that property taxes prevent many people from buying homes, so that portion of the renting population would benefit from the tax cut. But what about people who simply don't have the income to buy?
(And a small part of me suffers from sticker shock and balks at the idea of having an even higher sales tax than we already do! I would seriously not shop for clothes in Texas; I'd wait to shop till our trips to MN, where there's no sales tax on clothes. And that wouldn't help the state, now, would it?)
I don't understand why Ron Paul doesn't try running for Governor. You'd think he'd actually have a shot at being heard in Texas.
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Date: 2010-02-05 07:32 pm (UTC)Your first sentence made me giggle; I think that exact phrase is on a couple of anti-Hutchison commercials. ;)
I'm at a total loss as to who to vote for in the Republican primary. Hutchison is a flake, and while Medina has some interesting ideas, a couple of her big issues aren't issues I feel all that strongly about (like gun control, which is surely not that big of an issue in Texas, anyway, where everyone already has guns?), so I'm not wild about casting a vote for her. Which leaves Perry, who I was vehemently against last election, but he's been surprisingly good lately. But there's just something about him that sets my teeth on edge. You may have nailed it when you described him as a politician through and through.
What are your thoughts on Medina's idea of abolishing the property tax? It wouldn't make a huge difference for us, as we've got pretty low property taxes, but my parents have ridiculous ones and it would really be good for them. But would this screw over the renting population, who not only won't have extra income since they're not paying property taxes to begin with, but will experience a big hike at the cash register? I realize that property taxes prevent many people from buying homes, so that portion of the renting population would benefit from the tax cut. But what about people who simply don't have the income to buy?
(And a small part of me suffers from sticker shock and balks at the idea of having an even higher sales tax than we already do! I would seriously not shop for clothes in Texas; I'd wait to shop till our trips to MN, where there's no sales tax on clothes. And that wouldn't help the state, now, would it?)
I don't understand why Ron Paul doesn't try running for Governor. You'd think he'd actually have a shot at being heard in Texas.