Hook (use this as the opening line): If your home is paid off but you’re still afraid of losing it, the problem isn’t ownership — it’s the system. For weeks, Texans have been debating property taxes — and rightly so. Property taxes have become a crushing burden for retirees and working families alike, forcing people who did everything right to consider selling the homes they worked their entire lives to own. But the comments I’m seeing tell a deeper, more troubling story. Tex

Most Texans don’t realize the Constitution already tells the story of what is wrong — and how to fix it.   Three key articles matter:   •        Article 1  — Our rights   •        Article 7  — Education   •        Article 8  — Taxation   Article 7 requires the Legislature to fund “an efficient system of public free schools.” Article 8 describes how taxes are to be used. Article 1 protects property and due course of law.   But somewhere in the journey from 1876 to today, that