Ron said Perry doubled taxes, spending and tripled debt in Texas, is this true?

[eleganz]

I'm doing research on this but having some difficulty proving exactly this.

Can anybody provide some help?

 

[tsai3904]

Answer to debt question:

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showth...n-Debt-(Huntsman-Palin-Pawlenty-Perry-Romney)

 

[trey4sports]

probably not. I think Ron got a bit excited with the figures.

 

[eleganz]

Now I only need double taxes spending but sources are best, sources aren't refutable.

The double taxes accusation is hardest to find, anybody!? I need to defend the champ on some pretty bad accusations on another forum.

 

[libertybrewcity]

i was wondering the same thing. i don't know how ron got "taxes doubled" and perry got "taxes went down by 14%"

i was thinking that Ron could have earned more so he just paid more in taxes and took it as a tax increase.

 

[sailingaway]

probably not. I think Ron got a bit excited with the figures.

He said HIS taxes. Each person's situation is unique.

 

[trey4sports]

He said HIS taxes. Each person's situation is unique.

Did he? It would make more sense that he is referring to Perry's policies considering that the question was about Perry's effect on tax rates, not Ron's personal tax bill. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt though, i don't exactly remember the phrasing.

 

[NewRightLibertarian]

He said HIS taxes. Each person's situation is unique.

He did say his taxes went up but then said 'our taxes have doubled'. I'd like to get some figures about this as well

 

[eleganz]

This was my response in case anybody was faced with this topic of debate:

To be fair,

Ron said in the debate the taxes double since Perry took office
He said, "I'm a tax payer there, my taxes have gone up, our taxes have gone up since he became governor"
When he said 'our', he might've meant his family as his taxes likely did double because of the amount of money he earns.

& Spending doubled
$49-91 Billion through his 10 years (8.5% annual average)

& Debt tripled
$12-35 Billion through his 10 years (20.5% annual average)

Perry did not defend himself and chose to talk about job creations numbers (inflated) in his rebuttal.

 

[Ready2Revolt]

Texas doesn't have income taxes, therefore we generate our revenue by property taxes. Judging from my personal property taxes, I would say he isn't too far off.