Hays County Petition for Immediate Tax Election

We should be taxed based on what we originally paid for the home, not what someone is willing to pay.

Widow on a fixed income my budget is stretched thin.

111 west branch

35 year hays county resident

The system is antiquated and leaves too much power to the appraisal board. They create high appraisals and then settle for whatever they can get.

Retired and 72 years old. Appraisal for a 20 year old mobile home went from 67K to 130K this year. No land! I realize this is not as costly as it is for most people around D.S. but still absurd.

Tax relief is always welcomed.

We are retired. Our income will not go up! Our property taxes have gone in the six years we’ve been here two more than double what they were in our last state

Do the right thing for once!

Please return appraisal to original amount, new appraisal is from inflation and unjust to those residents who have already been here.

Hays county, austin 78737 address.

I agree and voluntary signed this petition

An income tax is a much fairer tax.

Vote Yes to proposition for no higher tax rate

Thanks for sending!

Thanks for taking the initiative. Totally insane.

I am retired and on a fixed income. With the inflation of sooooo many things .....WE DO NOT NEED OUR GOVERNMENT to OVER TAX us without REPRESENTATION.....

Taxing people out of their homes is NOT caring about the people you represent

The property taxes should be based on purchase value not appraised value. Otherwise people who had their hike for years will be forced out.

My Wimberley home’s appraised value increased over 45% this year, but fortunately(?) the homestead exemption capped the assessment increase at 10%. I suppose that’s a good thing, but it also means that I can count on my property assessment increasing by 10% every year for the rest of my life…or until taxes force me to sell. High property taxes also lower the value of my home because it shrinks the number of potential buyers who can afford to pay those taxes. The Biden administration was recently (and correctly) criticized for proposing a tax on unrealized stock and bond market gains for wealthy households. Taxing property owners on the appraised value of their homes is the same thing and should be illegal under the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution: “Nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.” I can think of no legal or moral argument that would allow any government to arbitrarily tax me on the unrealized value of my property.