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Reddit mentions of Big, Hot, Cheap, and Right: What America Can Learn from the Strange Genius of Texas
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We found 3 Reddit mentions of Big, Hot, Cheap, and Right: What America Can Learn from the Strange Genius of Texas. Here are the top ones.
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| Height | 9.75 Inches |
| Length | 7 Inches |
| Number of items | 1 |
| Release date | April 2013 |
| Weight | 1.10010668738 Pounds |
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Texas' history with privatization goes well beyond property taxes. Erica Grieder has a book out called Big, Hot, Cheap, and Right which goes into more detail but I will give a bit here from the New York Times Review "
It would be far harder to replicate the state’s civic DNA, which features traits that can be traced to its decade, beginning in 1836, as a stand-alone nation (independent, suspicious of Washington), the late-1800s cowboy era (self-reliant, fraternal) and the 20th-century introduction of oil and entrepreneurialism (pro-business, skeptical of government)." Privatization was really built into the Texas constitution. I don't want to venture too off topic here so I will leave it at that.
The majority of Texas' tax revenue comes in the form of the 8.25% sales tax I don't see property tax listed (I wonder if they have called it something else in the accounting).
Interestingly the land must of been used for agriculture use for 5 of the 7 past years and If your land qualified for agricultural appraisal and you change its use to a non-agricultural use, you will owe a rollback tax for each of the previous five years in which your land got the lower appraisal. which probably stops people from 'going legit'.
this sort of makes me want to cry. we texans love our state and are very proud of it. we talk about how awesome texas is all the time, and we defend it to the detractors, but sometimes we forget just how good we actually have it. we have our problems, definitely, but we live in a state that is so unique that people in serbia want to read about us! so thank you for reminding me.
i don't have any books for you, /u/skarter, but you're welcome in texas any time. <3
EDIT: actually, this has been on my reading list for some time, but i haven't gotten around to reading it. supposedly, it's pretty good.
Dallas and Houston are just growing like crazy right now. Many businesses are moving to Texas and the economy is doing very well. Cost of living is low and wages are relatively high.
There are a variety of reasons. A lot of it comes down to cheap flat land to build houses and a business-friendly environment. There's at least one interesting book about it. Big, Hot, Cheap, and Right