James Quintero is the policy director for the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Government for the People campaign. Since joining the Foundation in 2008, Quintero has focused extensively on: state & local government spending, taxes, debt, public pension reform, annexation, and local regulations.
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Burdensome regulation coupled with tax-and-spend policies has led to a housing affordability crisis in Texas. Key points: In the last four years, the median housing price in Texas has outpaced the income of Texas families. Property taxes play a large role in the costs of housing and at a rate of 1.66%, Texas has the...
The Biden administration can’t escape the blame for higher prices. And that’s why it must try to redirect voters’ anger. JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon mentioned “inflation” more than 20 times in his annual report to shareholders, released Monday. And he warned that the Federal Reserve’s response — raising interest rates to cool spending — could...
Rush toward green energy consigns Kenyans to continued energy poverty while limiting economic advancement. President Joe Biden’s decree to end permitting for the construction of more liquified natural gas export facilities is clearly aimed at shoring up his support among the left as he heads into a difficult reelection campaign. The move makes Europe more...