Texas law to try here?

[smokingman]

Knowledge and learning, general diffused throughout a community, being essential to the preservation of a free government; it should be the duty of the General Assembly to encourage, by all suitable means, moral, intellectual scientific, and agricultural improvement; and provide, by law, for a general and uniform system of Common Schools, wherein tuition shall without charge, and equally open to all.[1]

We had that before 1902,but did not have property taxes.

 

[Ingomike]

This was the question answered.

“Why should I foot the bill to educate your kids.”

 

[Destro]

I am sorry what part of the constitution?

Article 8, Section 2

Article 8. - Education.

Section 1. Knowledge and learning, generally diffused throughout a community, being essential to the preservation of a free government; it shall be the duty of the General Assembly to encourage, by all suitable means, moral, intellectual, scientific, and agricultural improvement; and to provide, by law, for a general and uniform system of Common Schools, wherein tuition shall be without charge, and equally open to all.
Section 2. The Common School fund shall consist of the Congressional Township fund, and the lands belonging thereto;
The Surplus Revenue fund;
The Saline fund and the lands belonging thereto;
The Bank Tax fund, and the fund arising from the one hundred and fourteenth section of the charter of the State Bank of Indiana;
The fund to be derived from the sale of County Seminaries, and the moneys and property heretofore held for such Seminaries; from the fines assessed for breaches of the penal laws of the State; and from all forfeitures which may accrue;
All lands and other estate which shall escheat to the State, for want of heirs or kindred entitled to the inheritance;
All lands that have been, or may hereafter be, granted to the State, where no special purpose is expressed in the grant, and the proceeds of the sales thereof; including the proceeds of the sales of the Swamp Lands, granted to the State of Indiana by the act of Congress of the twenty eighth of September, eighteen hundred and fifty, after deducting the expense of selecting and draining the same;
Taxes on the property of corporations, that may be assessed by the General Assembly for common school purposes.

 

[dieselrealtor]

I'm in favor of abolishing property taxes altogether.

^^^THIS^^^
whole heartedly, 100%.

Property taxes are immoral, proving that we never own property. We just lease it from the govt

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Taxes on the property of corporations, that may be assessed by the General Assembly for common school purposes.

I am not a corporation. I didn't see anything about taxation of private properties.

 

[Ashton1911]

Any individual has a corpus. A legal entity is a corporation, which is a legal structure which enables a group to be a legal entity able to take action.

I'm in favor of abolishing property taxes altogether.

The government also has the power to steal your property over a failure to pay taxes and auction it.

 

[Shadow01]

Knowledge and learning, general diffused throughout a community, being essential to the preservation of a free government; it should be the duty of the General Assembly to encourage, by all suitable means, moral, intellectual scientific, and agricultural improvement; and provide, by law, for a general and uniform system of Common Schools, wherein tuition shall without charge, and equally open to all.[1]

I see nothing there that says citizens must pay. It could be equally interpreted as instruction be given free. Time to make the communist teachers live as they preach and socially work free for the good of their students.