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Texas School Spending Tops $11k Per Pupil

As we close out this school year, taxpayers may wonder want kind of bang we’re getting for our educational buck. Texans now spend more than $11,000 per year on public education – with less than half going toward instructional expenses.

David Sibley: Dances With Democrats?

Former Republican state Sen. David Sibley is in a runoff election to get back his old job in the Texas Senate. But there’s a problem. After he left office in 2003, to become a lobbyist, he made a habit of contributing to very liberal Democrats.

Communism’s European Facelift has Gone Bad Part 1

Full-fledged communism failed first. The genuine, undiluted article sank the Soviet Union in 1991 and vindicated generations of capitalist, freedom-loving people who had hated communism from the start.

Still, it’s important to remember, capitalists were on the ropes for a long time.

Casino Gambling: A State Budget Elixir?

In what The Houston Chronicle described as an “unusual appearance,” Texas’ House Speaker, Joe Straus (R-San Antonio), gave public guidance to the Appropriations Committee last week to prepare a “no-new-taxes” state budget. This was welcomed news for conservatives. But because of a projected budget shortfall, estimated anywhere between $11 to $18 billion, it appears to also be the crack in the door special interests have been looking for to foist full-scale casino gambling into Texans’ laps.

Will Kagan Oppose Coercive Federal Mandates?

As dean of the Harvard Law School, President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee, Elena Kagan, attempted to block military recruiters from the campus, but only relented when the Supreme Court ruled that the federal government could withhold millions of dollars of funding to the university. This position didn’t sit well with then-Dean Kagan, who said at the time: “The government shouldn’t use the power of the purse strings to force educational institutions to renounce their most foundational principles.”

Government Debt Bubble Is the Next One to Burst

Greece is bankrupt. European Union nations are leading a bailout of that government in an attempt to prevent other financially troubled EU members such as Spain and Portugal from collapsing as well, which could bring down the entire European Union financial system.

Bill White: Obamanizing Texas As Obama Euros America

We can all agree: Europe is a disaster. Their collective economy is in shambles thanks to a ludicrous devotion to debt-financed big-government nanny-statism. It took them 30 years to reach such dizzying depths. Barack Obama’s failed administration has quadrupled our national debt in a year, shoved individual health care mandates down our throats, and diminished America’s standing in the world. And now Bill White cannot wait to bring the same policies into Texas.

Liberal Hypocrisy on Health Care?

At a recent hearing in Austin, state Rep. Garnet Coleman, a liberal Democrat from Houston, protested the idea of creating financial disincentives for state employees that don’t better manage their health. Rep. Coleman said, “I think that’s a slippery slope,” and added, “next thing, we’ll be charging people by the pound.” On the surface, this sounds like a reasonable comment, but when you look a little deeper it seems to stink of hypocrisy.

Is the Speaker’s change genuine?

Robert Garrett of the Dallas Morning News has reported that “Texas House Speaker Joe Straus urged House budget writers today to avoid raising taxes and look for creative ways to curtail spending as they prepare to close a budget gap next session…”

Straus Says It Right

It’ll take more than words, but Texas House Speaker Joe Straus drew an unequivocal line in the sand this morning by telling the powerful Appropriations Committee that he expected them to draw up a “no-new-taxes” state budget.

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