which would be hefty. Is the tax on assets, possessions, house, career, salary? Could quickly add up to hundreds of thousands of dollars or more. 100%. That is confiscatory level taxation. What was yours now belongs to the state of Texas. Theft by taking.

Abraham Lincoln once said, "better to keep silent and be thought a fool, than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt."

I didn't fact check this but I like it.

You don't have the balls.

I am sure this would violate a few laws. Maybe even unconstitutional

All hat and no cattle.

100% of what? The person's purchase price? It's just more meaningless drivel from Abbott.

whereby federal law (including the Constitution) takes precedence over conflicting state law. Congress is given the SOLE power to levy tariffs. It would also violate the Equal Protection Clause, and so far as I know, there is no provision to lay tariffs under Texas law, anyway, by anyone.

All of that in addition to the question raised by others here: Tariff what?

Abbott is so far up Trump's ass...

So he’s going to levy a fee on people from New York coming to Texas? I’m no constitutional scholar…but somehow I doubt he has the authority to do that. He’s basically just talking out of his ass.

Besides, Texas is more likely to draw Mamdani opponents and right wingers. They complain a lot about Californians but a lot of the time, I hear people leaving due to the oppressive politics and weather, among other things.

What is he exactly charging a tariff on?

I think they are so used to including a lot of buzz words they are reduced to making points like "Woke, communist, critical race theory, DEI, socialism, but MAGA!! Thank you for attention to this matter."

I guess cause what tariff ? I live in Texas and can't understand why someone would want to move here anyway. (I always said I'd never move to Texas, but married someone here, unfortunately