It’s time for the legislature to end these slush funds once and for all.
Corporate Welfare
2014 Races Dependent on 2013 Outcomes
Policy outcomes that are implemented in 2013 will define 2014.
Easy Cutting
True economic development results when government is kept under tight control, letting the free market be truly free.
‘Stop TLR’: A Trojan Horse from the Left
The “Stop TLR” initiative is disguised as a conservative organization.
Emerging Ineffectiveness
So how well have your tax dollars been spent subsidizing start-up companies? According to new reports, not very well. The state’s Emerging Technology Fund spent an average of over $200,000 per job created, leaving more of us to wonder why Texas is still in the...
Wheels Come Off F1 Subsidy
For months we've been joining commonsense conservatives in opposing subsidies for the developers pushing an F1 racetrack. Today, after Comptroller Combs announced any payments from state coffers would come only after a race met specific economic requirements,...
We Got Lapped
Congratulations, Texans, we’ve been played the fool by a European billionaire and his well-connected, Texas-based cronies who’ll spend the next decade pocketing $25 million a year of taxpayer subsidies. Formula 1 owner Bernie Ecclestone and a group of local...
Legislators Should Have Yelled “Cut”
While other states have come to their senses about subsidizing Hollywood, Texas' lawmakers continue pumping taxpayer cash into a scheme of dubious value to Texans and our economy. The Wall Street Journal reports today that states are halting the subsidies as they find...
Who Is More Free-Market?
Take a guess at who recently gave this quote regarding the Texas Emerging Technology Fund: “Why are we in this business? Why are we putting public tax dollars at risk with startups that can’t or won’t raise private money?”
Cutting Corporate Welfare
Texas Comptroller Susan Combs has it exactly right: “The Texas economy will grow, with or without incentives.” The ‘incentives,’ of course, are government giveaway programs that cost taxpayers a lot without providing much return. It’s time for them to go.