Monday, October 21, 2013

Proposition 8? Property Tax?

 The article that I found was Rio Grande Valley Needs Proposition 8 at My San Antonio. The article talks about how we need to vote for proposition 8, but tells us how the new proposition will effect our taxes. Proposition 8 wants to make Hidgalo County a hospital district by adding a medical school in that region, so it could help the one of the most medically undeserved and economically disadvantaged region in the state of Texas. It is a very rural region where there is a high rate of uninsured people. It seems like a legit plan but it will repeal one of the amendments that restrict the legistuture to taxing a maximum of 10 cents per 100 dollars. If the law is passed it would allow the maximum tax rate to be 75 cents.
It seems like this proposition is going to be a very hard one to vote for because we can not just leave the Hidaglo County to be the largest county without a hospital, but the property tax will sky rocket if we do. There is no winning with this proposition. It seems more important if there is a hospital than not having a high tax rate. The tax is just another price to pay for health. This proposition would not effect most Texans directly but it seems it will help out the Rio Grande Valley so I would vote for this proposition. I am know I would not be effected because I do not have to worry about that property tax but to the people that it does effect it seems to be a hard decision to make. On the other hand is your well-being have a cost? This is going to be a hard choice but I think that the health-care would be more important.

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