During closed-door meeting, @Burrows4TX told @MQSullivan his plan for lowering property taxes — take 2 cents of 8.25-cent sales tax away from cities. “We don't raise anything, it's already a statewide average, it's economic development dollars, we hate cities and counties.”
@Burrows4TX @MQSullivan While state gets 6.25-cents of sales taxes, cities can charge up to 2 cents for every $1. They earmark portions of that revenue on everything from economic development to public transit. For example, Arlington is using that to help fund new @Rangers ballpark.
.@Burrows4TX & @MQSullivan discussed whether debt or contracts are tied to those local sales tax revenues as they apparently questioned whether the money could replace local property taxes immediately or in the future.
.@Burrows4TX: "You may have to bring them on late but I don't think there's a harm in starting."
#txlege floated the idea of raising the sales tax in Texas during this year's session as a way to pay for property tax decreases. It didn't get much traction. Also, sales tax revenues hit poor people the hardest. texastribune.org/2019/04/17/tex…
.@Burrows4TX to @MQSullivan: "...as I said, I just want the local governments to have a worse session next session, by ending taxpayer funded lobby and stealing their two pennies, putting them toward the taxpayers."
.@Burrows4TX: "I've pitched this to the governor, I've started pitching this to some of my colleagues."
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