State
El Paso Processes 1,000 Illegal Aliens Daily
“Notably, over a few days, only single adult men and women were sighted going on and off the notorious unmarked white and blue buses.”
Rep. Brian Harrison: School Choice Is ‘The Liberty Issue’
“If we don’t take action right now to stop the liberal indoctrination … within a generation, the left is going to own all the levers of power and government.”
Tax-free Weekend Coming to Texas
“Shoppers will save $112 million in state and local sales tax during this sales tax holiday.”
Austin Elementary School Stoking Anti-white Discrimination and Trans Grooming
A lesson plan shows 5-year-olds are being taught that “whites make it harder for black people.”
State Archive
A Chance For Smokin’-Hot Pork
Anti-smoking groups are ready to start cashing bigger government paychecks. Already funded by taxpayers with dubious success, the various groups are salivating over reports that the state's new $1-per-pack cigarette tax hasn't reduced smoking -- because they want in...
Texas Rolling in Cigarette Tax Money, Mounting Surplus Should Ignite Tax Relief
The Houston Chronicle reports that the state will collect $244 million more in cigarette tax revenues under the $1 per pack increase than predicted. While smoking is most assuredly a bad habit, more money for big government is also an addiction that must be broken....
Bottom-Feeder Bail-Out
According to Wikipedia, catfish "feed on algae, fish scales, mucus, carrion, insects" -- and now, thanks to the Texas Department of Agriculture, your tax dollars. Catfish farmers can get up to $80,000 in bail-out money from the TDA if they suffered "feed losses"...
Red-Light Tricks
Cities across the state are rushing to install red-light cameras as a way to make money, er, catch offenders. An investigation is underway in Richland Hills, suggesting the “yellow†warning light has been shortened, so more people will get caught running the...
Planning for Waste and Inefficiency?
A report issued by the Texas Education Agency says the premier pre-Kindergarten program in Texas is a waste of money, has failed to accomplish its goals, and has too little oversight. So what is the TEA's response to the Dallas Morning News? The program has met the...
Jump in Sales Tax Collections Shows Need for Refund Mechanism
Texas sales tax receipts increase of 9.5 percent in November over last year highlights the need for a mechanism whereby sales, property or other taxes would automatically be cut as money floods in. Think of it - how many of the foreclosures engulfing Texas families...
Was Bush A Fiscal Conservative? Stop Laughing…
The media has had a field day with Gov. Rick Perry's recent assertion that George W. Bush was never a fiscal conservative. His comments were captured -- of course -- on YouTube. The real problem, of course, is that he was speaking absolute truth. George W. Bush may or...
Return to Sender
A few months ago we talked about the state spending a bucket-load of your money to buy a letter allegedly penned by Alamo defender David Crockett. Okay, allegedly is a stretch – most experts were sure it was a fake. After much deliberation, state officials have...
Don’t Buy Lies
Proposals to eliminate property taxes using the sales tax are gaining steam, but even among supporters there is a common misconception. Some believe the proposal would cause the sales tax to rise to confiscatory levels. Sure, liberals like to make that claim, and...