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Richard_B wrote:

fickman wrote:I don't begrudge veterans getting a discount.

However, our fee is oppressive for many middle class single income families with kids...and it's considerably higher than many other states. Shouldn't there be some sort of economy of scale benefit that makes a larger state's program cheaper to run per person than a smaller state's?

All true and for reasons you have already guessed. Poll taxes were outlawed because they discouraged the exercise of constitutionally protected voting rights. Sound familiar?

bizarrenormality wrote:

baldeagle wrote:

tacticool wrote:While I appreciate the discount, I am sometimes bothered by the fact that my native Texan trauma nurse neighbor has to pay more than a Yankee who did a hitch in the motor pool after high school to see the world and learn a trade.

I despise the denigration of people who do so-called menial jobs (like the motor pool). Every job is meaningful, no matter how menial it might seem. Every job is necessary for the military to function.

How do you feel about people who denigrate nurses, med techs and EMTs? And do you think it's because they don't have a MD or because they chose to make a career of saving lives?

FishInTx wrote:Would this veteran discount apply to a renewal also?

tacticool wrote:While I appreciate the discount, I am sometimes bothered by the fact that my native Texan trauma nurse neighbor has to pay more than a Yankee who did a hitch in the motor pool after high school to see the world and learn a trade. I'm also not sure why my neighbor should pay more than somebody who takes redneck probation.

That said, I hope campus carry finally passes.

Krampus wrote:I never understood why someone who owns property in Texas and pays property taxes here should pay more for a Texas CHL than somebody in California who served a few years in the national guard 20 years ago. It's no suprise more and more Texas residents are opting to get a nonresident license from a more reasonably priced state if they're not eligible for discount prices in Texas.