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Taxpayers on the hook for $2.4 trillion – in local gov’t debt
It's much "sexier" for bloggers and the MSM to talk about the trillion-dollar national deficit and even Texas' projected budget shortfall than about local government debt. But I like talking about pesky local government, mostly because I believe that the...
Are many Texas officials any different from D.C. Democrats?
The volatility of the U.S. economy hasn’t been helped by Democrat and White House policies and those failed policies are hitting the Texas state budget hard – harder than estimated by the Comptroller a year ago. Comptroller Combs has issued new numbers showing that...
BillWhiteForTaxes.com Launches Today
As the campaign season heats up, Texans for Fiscal Responsibility today announced the launch of BillWhiteForTaxes.com, an independent look at the campaign tactics of gubernatorial candidate Bill White. “The site is a take-off on Mr. White’s own website, intended to...
Obama “Economic Stimulus” Isn’t Working
The Financial Times recently reported these dismal figures for private sector hiring: “Since the stimulus began, about 400,000 public sector jobs have been added (through May 2010) while 2.7 million private sector jobs were lost.” The National Federation of...
Hey, Big Spender
This week the Council for Citizens Against Government Waste issued their annual Congressional scorecard. Our own U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison improved her score over previous years to be listed as a taxpayer hero. While the state's senior senator continues to...
“Happy Meal” Economics
The Williamson County Commissioners Court is being urged to adopt the effective tax rate raise taxes in order to push through a pay raise for county employees. After looking at the proposed tax hike, one advocate said, "There it is, in black and white. 3.43 a month....
Democrats Commit To Hiking Gas Taxes, Stalling Economy
Now we know what Bill White was doing while ducking President Obama's visit: he and his fellow Democrats were busily preparing to promote a scheme that would simultaneously stall Texas’ rebounding economy and grow government. Meanwhile, the state's House...
Humdrum Ramsey
The agenda of Texas Tribune managing editor Ross Ramsey, and the publication at large, could be coming into focus right in time for November elections. Ramsey looks to have been tasked with slinging “non-partisan” residency mud. His marching orders are to message...
Never Let A Budget Crisis Go To Waste
President Obama's chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, once said, "You never let a serious crisis go to waste. And what I mean by that it's an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before." Some Texas Democrats appear to be taking a page from his playbook, and...