Texas Low-Tax Model

The state of Texas is known as a low-tax state because of not having a “statewide personal income tax” (Yarbrough). This is a result of a conservative legislature with conservatives believing that having an income tax would “stifle the state’s economic success” (Batheja). Since Texas is mainly a Republican state, Republicans that support conservative ideals are the reason why a conservative legislature has been elected, leading to low taxes and little spending. Because of no income tax, Texas is viewed as “the model of economic success for states” and a “strong competitor” in “economic development”, leading to the influencing other states, such as Oklahoma or South Carolina, to question if they should walk in Texas’s footsteps of having no