And to add insult to injury, the House bill, dubbed the American Health Care Act, provides a bucket of hard earned taxpayer money to shore up insurance companies as they try to navigate a continued top-down federal regulatory regime.
Hollywood sells dreams; so do supporters of film incentives. Yet the promotion of economic benefits of film incentives while ignoring the costs is being increasingly panned by the critics around the country as states are considering cutting or repealing their film incentives. Similarly, SB 99 would repeal the Texas Moving Image Industry Incentive Program.
Corporate welfare, also known as economic development, is widely used throughout Texas and the nation. From local tax abatements to the Export-Import Bank, governments provide billions of dollars each year in benefits to businesses in an attempt to improve the outcomes of the marketplace. In Texas alone, tax abatements, renewable energy subsidies, development incentives, and...
Very big. In fiscal 2015, more than 4,100 local governments levied property taxes totaling $52.2 billion or about $1,900 from every man, woman, and child in the Lone Star State. That’s up by a staggering $11.7 billion since 2011 ($1,578 levied per capita). That the burden has become so big and is growing so fast...
Testimony before the House Human Services Committee in support of HB 871 and HB 1620 by Brandon Logan.
The GOP just released the American Health Care Act, which turns out to be more amend-and-enhance than repeal-and-replace. Their plan does not repeal the federal mandates that control spending in Texas. This makes it even more imperative that Texas gain control over its own budget. It is time for Texas to dream big: Get Chapter 537 approved by CMS to put control of Texas Medicaid where it belongs — in Texas’ hands.
The public deserves transparency and accountability in government institutions. In an education choice marketplace, accountability rests with the consumer. When parents are the consumer, and they have real choices, they can best assess how their children are doing. That is the ultimate in accountability.
After eight years of promising to fully repeal Obamacare, Congress hasn’t even tried to do so in a process requiring just 51 votes in the Senate.
Let states and the American people fix the mess Washington created.
We call this healthcare system “StatesCare”, emphasizing what is important: states are in charge, and states know best how to care for their people. StatesCare can give everybody what they want and cut the Gordian knot tying up Washington.
Research analyst Carine Martinez-Gouhier Bill Analysis of SB 277, HB 445.
Bill Peacock, Vice President of Research and Director of the Center for Economic Freedom, bill analysis on Senate Bill 586.