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Re:Elon Musk moves to Texas by BurningFrog on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @01:59PM (#25362701)
All the states also have their own constitutions.

This is the Texas one: https://tlc.texas.gov/docs/legref/TxConst.pdf

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Re:Elon Musk moves to Texas by cannam on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @02:02PM (#25362764)
Ah, thank you! And so, what happened in Texas that "made an income tax unconstitutional"?
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Re:Elon Musk moves to Texas by jaguar1878 on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @02:09PM (#25362908)
If you want a bit of reading: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2019/11/06/early-te...
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Re:Elon Musk moves to Texas by Izikiel43 on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @02:51PM (#25363658)
In Washington's case, the Washington supreme court considered income tax inconstitutional as it would be double taxation as you were already taxed on property.
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Re:Elon Musk moves to Texas by politician on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @02:06PM (#25362849)
It's worth noting that they didn't have a state income tax before either. People who live in Texas pay Federal Income Tax, but not State Income Tax.

Texans pay hefty property taxes.

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Re:Elon Musk moves to Texas by hguant on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @02:03PM (#25362783)
They passed an amendment to their constitution.
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