The Dallas Morning News conducted and is now publishing a study which shows that most Texans would tolerate a tax increase as long as its for education.
The poll shows that 52 percent of Texans say they would pay more in state taxes if the money went to schools, while 39 percent oppose an increase.
The majority disagree with Gov. Rick Perry, who has insisted that any plan that lowers sky-high property taxes should only raise other taxes enough to replace the lost revenue – a tax shift where schools would get little, if any, new funding.
This poll comes as we prepare to enter another special session on school finance, most probably in the early part of April.
The telephone survey of 1,482 registered voters was conducted Feb. 9-15 by Blum and Weprin Associates Inc. of New York. The error margin is plus or minus 3 percentage points.
The most interesting part of the study showed that with regard to intelligent design theory, 44 percent of Texans said it should be taught as a science along with evolution, while 42 percent oppose it.
On the issue of building a security fence along the border, 47 percent of Texans disagreed with such a proposal, while 42 percent thought it would be a good idea.
On the school finance issue I'm not surprised. Most Texans I speak to want our public school systems to function at their best and are willing to invest in improving it. On the other two subjects, I was surprised with the results.
2 comments:
What different results did you expect?
I did not expect intelligent design theory to have such a strong following in Texas. Certainly not at the numbers in the poll. With all the tough talk about immigration coming from some Republicans around the country it was refreshing to see that more Texans take a more pragmatic approach on the issue.
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