This perspective provides a comparison of two types of taxes–consumption vs. business–and their effects on the state economy. It finds that all taxes are not created equal and they produce very different incentive effects on the state’s long-term economic health.
Energy & Environment
Texas Needs To Fix Its Energy Strategy
Texas is America’s manufacturing and energy export powerhouse. If the Trump administration envisions a true American energy renaissance on the horizon, Texas must lead. But before Texas can lead, it must get its own grid in order. Decades of federal and state subsidies—the latter now thankfully dead—have powered an overinvestment in periodic wind and solar...
April 28, 2025