I have introduced you guys to Glenn Hegar before.  He is currently my state senator and now he wants to be Texas Comptroller.

Needless to say, he thinks there’s some magical way to run government without taxes.  He thinks Texas taxes are too damn high.  Now, I wonder which political party has been in charge of Texas for the past 20 years who made those taxes so damn high?  Glenn?  Speak up, son.  I can’t hear you.

Anyway, Texas does not have an income tax.  We have a property tax.  It ain’t perfect but it sure beats Glenn’s idea.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uxajOx1ZqY

Yeah, he wants a sales tax.  No matter how you do the math, we’d have to have a 20% tax on everything for this to work out.

Now that don’t bother Grandpa Tea Party.  Hell, he and Grandma still have the same gold brocade couch they bought in 1968 with the plastic cover that makes farting sounds when you sit down.  He wears the same suit he bought in 1973 and his tools are from Sears and Roebuck’s so they are guaranteed for his lifetime.  He’s gonna drive his truck to the funeral home and be buried in the family plot that was paid for by his mother right after WWII.

A Glamour Shot of Glenn Hegar

No, the only people hurt by a sales tax are the people who can least afford it – young families raising children.

Also, a sales tax does diddle squat to fire up the economy, and, remember, it’s only a two hour drive to Louisiana, Oklahoma, or New Mexico to buy big ticket items.

So, when you call this a dumb idea, it’s only because you can’t spell draconian.

So, we’re talking about mean old people who only tip the waiter a dollar getting all gleeful over a 20% sales tax on everything.  Somebody needs to tell Grandpa that we’re slapping a 20% tax on Metamucil and see how long it takes him to start whining.

We’re talking about making a doofus the comptroller of the State of Texas.  The boy can’t add or subtract, but by gawd he can shoot a gun and demean women.  What else do you need?