3 Reasons Conservative Coalition Says Property Taxes Cause Social Crisis.

Texas Conservative Coalition Research Institute’s piece, Property taxes trigger ‘growing social crises in Texas’, makes the following points:

• Lt. Gov. Patrick chaired a Conservative Coalition group in 2010 that made the property taxes and social crisis link
• Property is no longer the measure of wealth, making property taxes an outmoded system
• Lack of state funding for schools and municipalities leads to higher proeprty taxes and higher debt

The solution proposed: Expanded sales tax