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Message: <blockquote data-quote="T. MIKE SMITH" data-source="post: 4222128" data-attributes="member: 44552"><p>I've committed on this before, having lived in Texas about 10 years, I enjoyed no taxes on groceries or prescriptions. No income tax. Property tax on a $170k home in San Antonio runs about $4000. but this is an average. If you live in an area of mostly new housing, where the need to build new schools and other public infrastructure, they will be more. Bottom line is, it is going to take so much money to provide public services, and you will be taxed accordingly. I guess the thing that helps Texas most is the number of large companies that moved there because they are business friendly and warmer climate. The no income tax attracts a lot of folks. I would say that Texas tax system is a pretty good one, but I don't know if it is better in every case. Anyway, feel assured that the politicians will always be playing games with taxes.</p></blockquote><p></p>