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Texas Has No Income Tax, Which Is A Big Draw For Corporate Executives Who Do Business There. But It's Hardly Tax-free. The Property Taxes Are High For A Southern State. The Sales Taxes Are High. One Study Found That The Bottom 20 Percent Of The Texas Population Pays 12 Percent Of Its Income In State And Local Taxes.

Once You're Done Being President, You Tend To Want To Defend Your Record More Than Plumb Your Inner Feelings. I Find It Hard To Imagine Obama Going Home At Night And Writing Sensitive, Introspective Journal Entries About His Meeting With John Boehner.

Certainly People In Empty Places Feel They Have The Right To Do What They Want To Their Property And Don't Necessarily See The Effect Of Their Pollution Or Pesticides On Others. But Texans Have An Appreciation For Water Problems And Are Very Aware Of The Droughts.

I Just Really Like Houston Despite Its Craziness. There Is A Sense Of Energy And A Kind Of Excitement, 'we're Going Places And God Knows What'll Happen Next.' It's Very Interesting. It's Very Exciting.

Nobody Gets To Grow Old In The America They Grew Up In.