NEWS
No Headline: Conservatives Press For Sanity
Seventeen members of the Texas House have sent a letter to Texas’ delegation to the U.S. Congress, urging them to sustain the President’s veto of the massive expansion of the Children’s Health Insurance Program. Don’t expect the letter to make the newspapers — they only write about socialists endorsing big government.
Headline: Socialists (Heart) Big Government
Newspapers around the state are breathlessly reporting that the Marxist-leaning Center for Public Policy Priorities thinks a massive national expansion of the Children’s Health Insurance Progr
Spying On Motorists?
The Texas Department of Transportation has been saying they’re broke, and cannot afford to build new roads. On the other hand, they have engaged in a multi-million-dollar advertising campaign to convince taxpayers to embrace new transportation policies.
Harris County Tax Office Analysis Shows Disappearing Tax Cut While State Surplus Balloons
An October 1 analysis from the Harris County Tax Office confirms the vaunted school property tax cut will be short-lived.
State Flush With Cash; Still No Additional Tax Relief
Texas’ budget surplus has grown even more. State employees will get a pay raise, taxpayers?
CHIPing Away At Taxpayers
What was Kay Bailey Hutchison thinking?
Tax First, Spend More
Never has a newspaper gotten the story so right. The section heading said it all, “Taxing As A First Option.†That’s precisely the attitude of so many in government, and in this case the government apologists are admitting it.
Hey Kids, It’s Okay To Lie and Cheat
Texas school districts are showing kids that it is okay to lie and cheat so that you may get your way. This valuable life lesson comes courtesy of school districts efforts to convince voters to raise their taxes, as reported in today’s Dallas Morning News.
City of Dallas Wants to Tax Internet Access
Congress is currently considering whether to extend and make permanent the temporary moratorium on Internet taxes, which will expire in November. The pick-pocketers at Dallas City Hall want nothing of it.
Government Housing
It’s only the latest in a string of bribery and corruption cases related to construction bidding, but this week’s indictment of State Rep. Terri Hodge (D-Dallas) and others should be a clarion call to reform the way governments hand out contracts.
Embracing Mediocrity
Public education in Texas is a mess.
Great Lakes, Big Taxes
Despite heavy protests, an outraged public and a giant pig, the people of Michigan are facing much higher taxes, brought to them courtesy of their Democratic Governor.