1 Disgusting! Here in PA, if you are active in the Military, you don't pay state taxes (you do in other highly military states like VA). Anyway, If he paid taxes in Texas, doesn't that count? Also, does that mean he is a resident of Iraq?

2 I wonder if they'll still let him vote.

3 I can't believe the residents of TX are going to put up with that. Someone big will get wind of this and it'll go away...

4 Sure, they'll change it now...hopefully. But that just goes to show the ignorant rules that get invented by government idiots.

5 How ridiculous!

I don't get it. As a military dependent, I have been able to move to other states and as long as there were proof of orders, I was able to get instate tuition.

He should get to go to a community college for free in my opinion.

What a bunch of bull!

6 Yes, but then you weren't hated by liberal academic quite so much because you weren't the actual baby-killer, just the innocent dependent.

7 A few things, Texas does not have any State income taxes, just sales taxes, property taxes, sin taxes, lottery taxes (oops, that's another issue), so there are no records there, but it DOES show he filed his FEDERAL taxes as a Texan for the last few years even tough he was either in Iraq or stationed in other states.

Second, he DID enlist in the USMC while in Louisianna (his parents moved there and he had to finish high school there, but that was at least 6 if not 8 years ago now). Personally, Sissy, I'm with you in a way. In one sense you CAN go to a community college free as a veteran, because you have the Montgomery GI bill and in Texas (which this veteran SHOULD receive) the Hazlewood act (which pays either 2 or 4 more semesters in full once the GI bill runs out). My thoughts are these, if you are a veteran, once DISCHARGED (other than dis-honorably), you should be able to go to ANY state to begin your education and be GUARANTEED in-state tuition, only once you've chosen that state and started school could the other 49 states charge you more. Trust me, we have the state comptroller and a few state representatives battling for Cpl Basham, I won't be surprised if he doesn't have a healthy grant or scholarship when this is over. (BTW - Ogre - Sorry for the long comment)

8 Right, Smokey.

In fact, when you're in the military, you can quite literally claim ANY state as your home state. You will then pay taxes in that state (if any). You can get a car registration, bank accounts, etc., just by claiming that state as your home state.

This is nothing more than an educational institution trying to get a load of cash out of someone, nothing more.