Houston Chronicle: Middle-Class Texans Lap Up the Low Taxes Lie

Texas is a low-tax state only if you make a lot of money. If you don’t, then you’re better off in California. The biggest lie Texas politicians have ever told — and both parties have perpetuated it — is the lack of an income tax is an absence of taxation. But Texas doesn’t collect much less in taxes than other states; it only shifts the burden away from the wealthy. Read more.