The Texas Tax Burden: How GOP Policies Hurt Homeowners And Public Schools

The Republican's economic legacy in Texas will be skyrocketing property taxes and failing public schools.

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Former Governor Rick Perry once said, “The best way to raise revenue is to lower taxes and give people the freedom to create wealth. Government’s job is not to try to create wealth but to create an environment in which people are free to create wealth.”

This idea forms the core of the Republican economic approach in Texas. But after 30 years of Republican control, we can see the long-term consequences of that philosophy. It’s given us underfunded schools and skyrocketing property taxes.

By cutting state taxes and refusing to tax corporations properly, Republicans have shifted the burden onto everyday Texans. Property taxes are high because local governments are left to cover the shortfall, while schools, especially in lower-income areas, struggle with inadequate funding. Texans are paying more but getting less in return.

Yesterday, the Texas House held a joint hearing with the Select Study Committee on Sustainable Property Tax Relief and the Committee on Ways and Means to discuss the current state of property taxes and ways to reduce them.