Texas Representative Fred Hill, R-Richardson, has killed the Appraisal Cap bill HJR-35 today before the debate even began.
“The time to kill a snake is when you’ve got the hoe in your hand,” said Rep. Fred Hill, R-Richardson, who has ardently opposed the measure to reduce the limit on how much property tax values can increase each year.
I would like to propose trading Fred Hill to the tax-n-spend Democrats for a player to be named later. Fred Hill has been a foe to fiscal conservatives for years on this issue. Both C.L.O.U.T. and AppraisalCap.com have been fighting not to reduce taxes, but just slow down how fast the taxes go up. We weren’t even asking for a tax cut.
Instead, the Texas House is going to recommend cutting property taxes by a 3rd, and proposing all sort of new taxes to pay for it. And in 3 years, property taxes will creep back to the current levels and we’ll be stuck with all the new taxes, too.
So just tell me who’s running against Fred Hill. Even if it’s a dead person, I’m voting for him. Heck, I’ll even vote for a domesticated farm animal or even roadkill. Fred Hill has to go.
Chasing the Wind 
Very nice. Chasing the Wind is #6 on Google when you search for “Fred Hill Texas Representative.” The sooner he’s unemployed, the better for Texas taxpayers.
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I’ll hook you up with the farm critter
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Somehow, I don’t think that’ll do the farm critter justice.
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Chasing the wind, sounds more like “passing gas”. Capping tax appraissals accomplishes two things: it minimizes the property taxes paid by wealthy people and raises the tax burden for the rest of us. Whether its property tax, sales tax, or some other tax; the municipal revenue requirements will continue to increase and the tax payers will continue to have to support it. Property taxes are partially deductible from your federal income tax, but the sales tax is only temporarily deductible. If I am going to have to pay municipal taxes, I’d prefer to pay one I can deduct from my federal taxes; but you guys can continue to keep your heads in sand while you look for your farm animals.
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Goodness gracious. A liberal.
The biggest problem with your argument is a) I’m not wealthy and b) I pay way too much property tax already and c) at the rate it’s climbing, it’ll double every 10 years. Eventually I’ll have to sell my house because I can no longer afford the property tax.
I’m not even campaigning for my taxes to be cut; I just want it to stop growing at 4x the rate of any salary increase I might get.
You give yourself away as a liberal with the “municiple revenue requirements will continue to increase.” Tax and spend, tax and spend, tax and spend until we’re all socialists.
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I want to do a parody of hill – can you locate a picture of hill taken outdoors???
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