Tell It To Tim's Blog

Down the road in Austin, the Texas legislature is trying to decide whether to cut your taxes.  There are a couple of choices on the table: property taxes or gasoline taxes.

Here's the deal: there's a budget surplus for the next two years, but only so much to go around.  The House of Representatives will vote on a 3 month suspension of the gas tax.  It would save you 20 cents a gallon every time you fill 'er up.

But that would eat up a portion of the money earmarked for "permanent" property tax relief. 

By the way, the state is expected to have a surplus of about $4 BILLION dollars a year after all is said and done. 

Whaddya think? Gas tax cut or property tax cut?  And what to do with that $4 Billion?  Spend it to improve health care, reduce college tuition, improve education or give it back to you?