popper
10-22-2015, 10:00 AM
Not political - just some wierd propositions here. Non-Texans won't understand our gov. system.
Prop 4 - pro sports raffles - special interest amendment for Jones, Cuban, etc. Raffle is defined as gambling, of sorts, like a lottery. Why do this?
Prop 7 Interesting problem with roads, seems like after 2000 the $ added to the road fund increased dramatically but inflation has increased the COST of building roads even faster. With the extra funds, inflation in this area IMHO will get much worse. Additionally, IMHO, TXDOT is pretty poor in it's function anyway.
"shall deposit to the credit of the state highway fund $2.5
billion of the net revenue derived from the imposition of the state
sales and use tax on the sale, storage, use, or other consumption in
this state of taxable items under Chapter 151, Tax Code, or its
successor, that exceeds the first $28 billion of that revenue
coming into the treasury in that state fiscal year."
Taking sales tax to build roads is a change from using gas tax for funding. Fed returned tax is lacking, i.e. spread the Texas wealth elsewhere.An amount of gas tax is put in the rainy day fund - which has dramatically increased recently as has the cap on the fund.
Prop 5 lets small counties fix their own roads - I assume this relinquishes TXDOT control? Or funding? Something fishy here.
Anyway, Texans need to get informed before voting.
Maybe this will help. https://bivisual.cpa.texas.gov/QvAJAXZfc/OpenDocNoToolbar.htm?document=Documents%2FTR_Maste r_UI.qvw&host=QVS%40daupswap80&anonymous=true&select=LB00,09&sheet=SH19
Prop 4 - pro sports raffles - special interest amendment for Jones, Cuban, etc. Raffle is defined as gambling, of sorts, like a lottery. Why do this?
Prop 7 Interesting problem with roads, seems like after 2000 the $ added to the road fund increased dramatically but inflation has increased the COST of building roads even faster. With the extra funds, inflation in this area IMHO will get much worse. Additionally, IMHO, TXDOT is pretty poor in it's function anyway.
"shall deposit to the credit of the state highway fund $2.5
billion of the net revenue derived from the imposition of the state
sales and use tax on the sale, storage, use, or other consumption in
this state of taxable items under Chapter 151, Tax Code, or its
successor, that exceeds the first $28 billion of that revenue
coming into the treasury in that state fiscal year."
Taking sales tax to build roads is a change from using gas tax for funding. Fed returned tax is lacking, i.e. spread the Texas wealth elsewhere.An amount of gas tax is put in the rainy day fund - which has dramatically increased recently as has the cap on the fund.
Prop 5 lets small counties fix their own roads - I assume this relinquishes TXDOT control? Or funding? Something fishy here.
Anyway, Texans need to get informed before voting.
Maybe this will help. https://bivisual.cpa.texas.gov/QvAJAXZfc/OpenDocNoToolbar.htm?document=Documents%2FTR_Maste r_UI.qvw&host=QVS%40daupswap80&anonymous=true&select=LB00,09&sheet=SH19