Most Texans favor using some of the state’s multi-billion-dollar surplus on school safety, mental health services and tax relief for businesses and property owners, a statewide poll shows.
As state lawmakers prepare to craft the next biennial budget, most Texans favor using some of the state’s multi-billion-dollar surplus on school safety, mental health services and tax relief for businesses and property owners.conducted by the University of Houston Hobby School also found that most Texans agree that a good portion of the $33 billion surplus should be kept in the state’s coffers for future consideration.
Of those polled, 85% favored using the money on school safety and security grants. Campus security has become a priority for some Texans after a gunman killed 21 people, including 19 school children, at a Uvalde elementary school in May.
More than 70% of those surveyed supported expanding the so-called business personal property tax exemption -- or how much businesses spend on equipment such as computers and furniture -- from the current $2,500 to $100,000. Although Texas markets itself as a pro-business state, a 2019More than 70% of the respondents also favored expanding the homestead property taxfrom the current $40,000 to $60,000. Property tax relief is an issue both Gov. Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov.
“We have tax exemptions for a variety of other products that are not medically necessary, that are not requirements for going to school and going to work and ensuring that you have the protection you need,” Howard“This is something that all women use for a good portion of their lives. Therefore, it is a discriminatory tax.”Respondents also strongly favored expanding postpartum Medicaid coverage in Texas from 6 months to 12 months.
When asked how much of the surplus should be saved, the most popular answer, from about 27% of respondents, was between $10 billion to $14 billion. Only 8% of respondents think between $25 billion and the entire surplus should be unspent.Got a tip? Email Julián Aguilar at [email protected] can follow Julián on Twitter
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