Texas Governor Talks About Taxes [2008 YouTube]

Just for a heads up, here is a 7 minute candid talk, by the Governor of Texas on you tube from 2008, about how Texas views taxes including its sales tax.

With all of the discussion about Rackspace and etc... servers creating a nexus to the state of Texas for e-commerce sales tax collection, I thought since we are in the Austin area I would give everyone a heads up on some of the Governors thinking behind it.

The Governors name is Rick Perry, and he is currently up for re-election right now, so he might be more willing to listen to your views now than later. Texas is very business friendly, and as Californians that is why we chose to locate here.

Austin is the heart of the Texas start-up community and the government here is well aware of it.

If you are concerned about the Red Tape or cost impact of the "Sales Tax" Nexus situation, here is the Governors contact page where you can send him a message and any suggestion you may have: http://governor.state.tx.us/contact/