Below is how the state taxes us all the way to the poor house. They want to point at the schools, cities, and counties when the state is an enormous pig in swallowing our money.

Source for below: I feel they are bragging about taking money from us.

Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar Announces Revenue for Fiscal 2022, August State Sales Tax Collections

(AUSTIN) — Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar today released totals for fiscal 2022 state revenues, in addition to announcing monthly state revenues for August.

• General Revenue-related revenue for fiscal 2022 totaled $76.47 billion, up 26.4 percent from fiscal 2021.
• All Funds revenue was $183.34 billion, up 7.5 percent from fiscal 2021.
• All Funds tax collections were $77.21 billion, up 25.6 percent from fiscal 2021.
• Sales tax revenue was $42.97 billion, up 19.3 percent from fiscal 2021.
• Motor vehicle sales and rental tax revenue was $6.45 billion, up 12.5 percent from fiscal 2021.
• Franchise tax revenue was $5.67 billion, up 25.2 percent from fiscal 2021.
• Oil production tax revenue was $6.36 billion, up 84.4 percent from fiscal 2021.
• Natural gas production tax revenue was $4.47 billion, up 185 percent from fiscal 2021.