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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 […]

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

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

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,

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

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

“You pay off your Banker, but you never pay off your Taxman.” – Senator Paul “The Taxman” Bettencourt (He actually calls himself that. Would you be proud of that?) And that was Mr. Bettencourt’s response at the end of my 3-minute testimony. He made it clear he did not disagree with anything I said. He

In August 1914, British polar explorer Ernest Shackleton boarded the Endurance and set sail for Antarctica to cross the last uncharted continent on foot. In January 1915, after battling its way through a thousand miles of pack ice and only a day’s sail short of its destination, the Endurance became locked in an island of

Waste of time. Polite disinterest. That’s how I felt 3 minutes into my meeting yesterday with Joan Huffman’s Chief of Staff, Wroe Jackson. It’s pretty telling when you open by asking these people, “How do you feel about eliminating property tax?” If I asked you that, would you have something to say? Maybe not if

I wish I had a better report. The Texas House conspired against us yesterday. Rick Cunningham and I were in the Texas Capitol to meet with House Reps. Drew Springer and Matt Shaheen. But unexpectedly, the House called members into an unscheduled session at 11:00. We had no other choice but to cancel our 11:30