If the land belongs to the people forever, why are Texas residents paying such high ad valorem taxes?
That is one of the mysteries of the ‘leadership’ we have in Texas today. The Texas Constitution states at Article 8 Section 1-e: “No State ad valorem taxes shall be levied upon any property within this State”. It is not unreasonable for the average citizen to expect their government to follow its own laws. This is an area of taxation also forbidden by the United States of America Constitution at Article 1, Section 2, Clause 3, and Article 1, Section 9, Clause 4. The State and local governments unlawfully collect billions of dollars annually from their citizens without any authority from the State Constitution or the State Legislature. If one protests this unlawful act and fights for the Constitutional rights promised in the ‘governmental contract’, one is taken into court, without the tax collector having to provide constitutional or legislative authority to impose such tax. The person who follows the law as written in THE STATE OF TEXAS has their property stolen from them for not payi
