There is much to remain positive about in the Lone Star State after more jobs were created last month than in the previous two months. The Texas Legislature should continue to take steps to limit spending, reduce regulation, and cut taxes so that the success of the Texas model will continue to benefit all Texans.
City governments shouldn’t be able to trample on Texans’ private property rights through forced annexation.
Annexing anyone against their will disparages their fundamental rights to life, liberty and property. Isn’t the purpose of government to protect these rights, not trample on them?
In three short decades, America will look like today’s Texas or California, and, as far as poverty, jobs, taxes, regulation and welfare, the Texas model works.
The end result will be that we won't have further action by Congress to address the real problems that we have in our health care system here in America.
Possibly the most far-reaching of the Supreme Court decisions handed down today had to do with the Environmental Protection Agency. In its zeal to improve air quality, the EPA expanded its powers under the Clean Air Act to further regulate pollutants coming out of power plants, especially older, coal-fired plants.
So, how important are oil and gas jobs to the Texas economy? The answer is, not as much as the claims of those who seek to discount Texas’ economic success.
Such prosperity also led to dramatic environmental improvements. Sustained economic growth enabled huge investment in technologies that have dramatically reduced pollution.
Overall, the personal income data and the action taken by the Texas Legislature show that Texans have reason to be encouraged about their future prosperity.
First and foremost, America’s pretrial justice policies and practices must do no harm.
A publication of the Texas Public Policy Foundation
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