Over the long-term, lawmakers should be thinking about how to achieve the ultimate prosperity-generating reform: the elimination of property taxes entirely.
The answer to all of these arguments is as simple as it is proper: it is not the role of the government to act as the middleman and dues collector for private organizations, including unions. Prohibiting the government from acting as a dues-collector for unions, or other organizations, puts both government and unions in their proper place.
It’s time to end forced annexation by giving affected property owners a chance to vote. Only by giving them a voice in the process can we live up to our founding principles.
FEATURES: 1. The 85th Texas Legislature Round-up A Conservative Texas Budget, major changes to our beleaguered foster care system, and significant criminal justice reform highlighted conservative successes in the recently concluded regular session of the 85th Texas Legislature. This feature highlights the victories—and some of the areas in which we still have work to be...
If courts decide that the rules don’t apply when precedent leads to a decision they ideologically differ with, the outcome impacts more than the specific case — it undermines the public’s faith and reliance in judicial objectivity.
States should govern themselves on matters of public welfare. They know their citizens better than the Washington monolith.
2017 07 26 Testimony Conservative Spending Limit HB208 CFP VanceGinn by texaspolicy on Scribd
2017 07 26 Testimony Conservative Spending Limit HJR1 CFP VanceGinn by texaspolicy on Scribd
Texas’ property tax burden is enormous. In 2015, more than 4,100 local taxing entities soaked taxpayers for $52.2 billion in property taxes. That’s enough to ding every man, woman, and child in Texas for $1,900 or cost a family of four about $8,000. Most agree that the burden is too high, but attempts at easing...
Texas’ property tax burden is enormous. In 2015, more than 4,100 local taxing entities soaked taxpayers for $52.2 billion in property taxes. That’s enough to ding every man, woman, and child in Texas for $1,900 or cost a family of four about $8,000. Most agree that the burden is too high, but attempts at easing...
If the Texas Legislature does not remedy the problem with municipal tree ordinances, the courts will have to enforce the constitutional rights of property owners to prevent their private property from being dragooned into public use without just compensation.
In sum, the battle between state authority and local control comes down to the choice between government regulation and individual liberty. Some cities in Texas, and not only in Texas, would preempt state authority in order to increase their power to regulate the lives of their citizens. When such regulation violates individual liberty, it is not only the right but the duty of state leadership to intervene on behalf of liberty.