Instead of federal tax credits and lawsuits trying to force what the market won’t or can’t do because of zoning and other restrictions, what if property owners were simply allowed to develop their property in a reasonable way?
With the City of Houston facing such large and growing problems, now is the time to make bold and lasting reforms.
It’s no secret that the Lone Star State’s population is booming, thanks in large part to the Texas Model of low taxes and limited government. And as more and more people move to Texas, many are making the conscious decision to put down roots in suburban areas, outside of any existing city limits. But, as many of these new Texans are coming to find out, there’s a potentially big problem here that they can do almost nothing about.
Persistently high unemployment and poverty levels in Los Angeles might, in a free market for labor, cause some people to either reduce their wage demands to get a job or move to a location where their labor can command a higher premium. But, in the this age of welfare, housing subsidies and the minimum wage, the unemployed are less likely to move for work.
Adult after adult in the criminal justice system have a characteristic in common; they committed offenses as juveniles, oftentimes early on in adolescence.
Critically, Gates’ investment in renewables would also urge governments to switch from subsidizing renewable energy sources to funding energy research and development — on the scale of the Manhattan or Apollo projects.
Enshrined within the founding documents of both the United States and Texas is the belief that government derives its power from the consent of the governed.
Corporate welfare doesn’t align with liberty and isn’t as effective as the market. Texas has proved that free markets are both the right policy and the best policy.
Seventy-five percent of respondents declared college simply unaffordable.
We face significant challenges reforming the nation’s sprawling criminal justice system, but fortunately, conservatives have shown in the states that there’s a better way to do business.
In the last six months, unfunded liabilities for all state and local retirement systems have grown by nearly $500 million, or about $40 million every month.
Reagan conservatives need not wonder about that. The former President made it abundantly clear that he thought that less government is the best government.