Friday, SB29 (Eliminate Taxpayer-Funded Lobbyists) was scheduled for a vote in the House. But Dade Phelan, State Affairs Committee Chair, went onto the floor that morning, and made a motion to withdraw it back to his committee for the stated reason of “improving” it to avoid a “fatal point of order.” Really? The revised bill […]
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21 AUG 2018 – This week, I’m contacting all Texas Legislators, asking them to sponsor a bill to #EliminatePropertyTax in the next session. If any of you can participate with me, I’m asking you to step up and take action. Now is the time. Here’s an overview of how we can collaborate. I’ve started by sending a
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“Author of the Declaration of American Independence, of the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom, and Father of the University of Virginia.” – Thomas Jefferson’s chosen tombstone epitaph Lawyer, Architect, Writer, Farmer, Scientist, and Inventor; Virginia House of Delegates and House of Burgesses Member, Declaration of Independence Signer, U.S. Congressman, Virginia Legislator, and Governor, Diplomatic
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Tax Collector turned American Revolution Radical, Boston Tea Party Organizer, Declaration of Independence Signer, Continental Congress Member, Massachusetts Governor, and Second Cousin to President John Adams “Among the natural rights of the colonists are these: First a right to life, secondly to liberty, and thirdly to property; together with the right to defend them in the
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Our founders pledged their lives, fortunes, and sacred honor to protect our inalienable right to own our property. George Washington delivered the following message to the Continental Army. While looking out into New York Harbor, they saw, forming against them, the largest British expeditionary force in that nation’s history until the First World War. “The
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A system of land-tenure where the government takes the place of landowners and collects the rent by means of tax-gatherers.The farming is done by poor peasants (ryots), who find the capital, so far as there is any, and also do the work. The system exists in Turkey, Egypt, Persia, and other Eastern countries and in
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I’m Russell Bennett, founder, and representative for the Texas activist group, Eliminate Property Tax. I’m opposing Property Tax Relief or Reform. Property Tax Relief and Reform Schemes have always failed. They’ve been tried over and over and over. They don’t work. During the nationwide property tax revolt of the “Great Depression” politicians created the Homestead
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Did our founders pledge their “lives, fortunes and sacred honor” to secure their rights to roads, schools, and public services? You know they didn’t. Our founders considered property ownership an inalienable right, just like life and liberty. “Among the natural rights of the colonists are these: first, a right to life; second, to liberty; third,
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Today, I sent the following message to the Texas Association of Business Board Officers and Government Affairs Members (6). This is basically the same message I’ve sent to the Texas Association of Realtors… tailored a bit for their own self-interests, naturally. As I did my research, it was interesting to find connections between their team
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Today, I sent the following message to the Texas Association of Realtors Board Officers, Trustees, Regional and Governmental Affairs Members (41). Next up,… make the same request to the Texas Business Association. No Relief. No Reform. #EliminatePropertyTax From: Russell Bennett <eliminatepropertytax@icloud.com>Subject: Meeting Request: Eliminate Property Tax in TexasDate: August 13, 2019 at 3:38:24 PM CDTTo: Board Members of
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