May be time to up and say bye bye to Texas

[robertc1024]

Unfortunately, I believe that you are quite correct. Its very disturbing, watching the police involved in "shaking down" people like this.

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[Ranger550]

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My apologies. I didn't even mean to insert a link, just made a comment about asset seizures by the police in
some places.

 

[TheMailMan]

Back in July of 2012 my health made it so I could no longer work. I had spent the previous 23 years living in Portland OR. Prior to that 9 years in eastern Washington. Previous to that 16.5 years in Idaho and 1.5 years in northern Utah. Also there was that stint in the Marines, Okinawa and SoCal.

Anyway I had decided I could no longer tolerate Oregon. I was in a position where my wife and I could move anywhere we wanted to. We had a few criteria. Out of the snow zone, close to a VA hospital, close to a Costco, good fishing, good treatment of disabled Veterans and be a free state.

After doing our research it all came back with Texas. We had planned on making the move in fall of 2013. However in late January of 2013 I was diagnosed with an aggressive prostate cancer. Due to surgery, recovery and radiation treatments we weren't able to get here till March of 2014.

Both of are damn glad we're now living in Texas and really can't see ourselves living anywhere else. My father's family is from Oklahoma so I guess I'm pretty much coming back to my roots.

Granted the concealed carry laws in Oregon are much more sensible, at this time, Texas is still the place to be.

 

[austingta]

It is getting easier here in Texas, that's for sure.

 

[Ranger550]

It is getting easier here in Texas, that's for sure.

Yeah, Texas is better in many ways then Oregon, but but not paying sales taxes is great,

 

[Younggun]

Not paying a state income tax is pretty great too.


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[Southpaw]

Just checking in.... has any of the Anti-Texas members left yet?

 

[Maverick44]

Just checking in.... has any of the Anti-Texas members left yet?

Nope. They're all hat and no cattle.

 

[Davetex]

There goes one now!!

 

[TheMailMan]

Not having to pay income tax is great. Getting used to the sales tax took about a week.

One nice thing was no longer having to pay the music tax in Portland. They actually sent me a form to pay for 2015 but since I had not lived in Portland one day in 2015 I wrote a scathing comment on it and sent it back to them.

 

[Younggun]

Music tax?


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[Southpaw]

Music tax?


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LOL!! I had to look that up...

https://www.portlandoregon.gov/revenue/article/422384

The Arts Education and Access Income Tax (Arts Tax) will fund Portland school teachers and art focused non-profit organizations in Portland.

 

[cbigclarke]

Now that's some straight up bullshit

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[robertc1024]

And the crowd said "Amen."

 

[Wyldman]

So let me get this straight: you get taxed for playing music?

Crush, kill, mangle, maim, destroy.

 

[Maverick44]

Kind of like a rain tax?

 

[Southpaw]

So let me get this straight: you get taxed for playing music?

Crush, kill, mangle, maim, destroy.

Nope!! It's an additional tax on top of their school tax to cover music/art programs in K-5 that the regular budget doesn't have it seems.

Funds distributed to school districts will be used to hire certified arts or music education teachers for elementary school students for Kindergarten through 5t[SUP]h[/SUP] grade (K-5).

 

[diesel1959]

Portlandia. It's weirder than Austin ever dreamed of being.

 

[tboner]

Just when you thought it cant get any worse.

 

[45tex]

http://www.gunsandammo.com/network-topics/culture-politics-network/best-states-for-gun-owners-2015/

15 out of 50 Can we do better?