Texas State Parks
Iam on the road....stayed in a Texas State park in N Texas.....It was fairly run down and unkept compared to fed parks.....but the real kicker was the cost......$5.00 /each/per day entrance plus $16....
Forum Discussion
2112 wrote:Bob Landry wrote:Social programs are designed to aid the needy. This is not the same. This enables the needy, by paying this tax, to subsidize the well off. If it is indeed a sales tax everyone takes the same bite. Social program revenue is generally generated through income tax on a sliding scale.2112 wrote:garmp1 wrote:You TAX all to benefit the few! I only point this out because most people I know have probably never been to a state park and have no interest in going to one. Should they pay for my enjoyment?
Missouri passed years ago a 1/8 of 1 percent sales tax for the state park system. That allows the state to not charge entrance fees and maintain the parks as well as acquire new lands, and keep moderate camping fees.
There are a lot of benefits that I don't get to enjoy, i.e. social programs and handouts, but I have to pay for anyway. That's the way it works. it would be nice if we only had to pay for the services we receive. It that were the case, my cable bill would be a lot less
The point is, we can't pick and choose what we pay for, and there is little need to banter back and forth about that because it's not going to change
Another point is that the collection of taxes to support the parks which you seem so adamantly against is collected on sporting goods and was established to be used to support the state park system. It just turns out that when the law was written, it was also written that the Legislature also had to budget that money collected to the TPWD and that is not and has not ever been done. I would submit that there are very few social program recipients that are frequenting the sporting goods stores so basically, we are paying the tax to support the system and are being taxed again at the gate.
