In a statewide poll done for the Texas Public Policy Foundation, Baselice & Associates asked 922 registered Texas voters (+/- 3.2% margin of error) from Jan. 22 to 29, 2017, the following question: “Civil asset forfeiture is when the state or federal government takes and keeps a person’s property without necessarily charging them with any...
Read Brooke Rollins' on title insurance she sent to Texas Senators.
Don’t start fussing over the details. There it is – a simple workable U.S. health care system, understandable by anyone, fiscally sustainable, responsive to local needs, that restores “power to the people,” as the new president promised in his Inaugural speech
Unfunded liabilities, or the difference between what’s been promised to future retirees and what’s actually on hand to provide for those benefits, surged to $66.5 billion, according to the Pension Review Board’s latest actuarial figures for January 2017. That’s an increase of $3.2 billion since the last report in November 2016 and over $6 billion...
Too often, well-intentioned, conservative executives end up using federal power to heal the wounds caused by the very same bludgeon—federal power.
Answer: Quite poorly. According to the Bond Review Board’s latest annual report, Texas’ local debt per capita ($8,350) ranks as the 2nd highest amount owed among the top ten most populous states. Only New York’s per capita amount ($10,646) ranked higher in the latest ratings. In terms of the aggregate amount owed by Texas’ local...
Bureaucrats do what they think they can. Entrepreneurs and doctors do whatever it takes!
Texas House rules allow legislators to appropriate money cut from one program to another more preferred agency. This provides little opportunity for legislators to actually cut ineffective or excessive areas of the budget, leaving many legislators understandably frustrated with the budget process. For example, if legislators cut $1 million from the Arts Commission’s budget, it...
Too many children in low-income families, many of whom are minorities, are stuck in failing public schools in underfunded school districts and are forced into subpar classrooms.
Conservative state leaders across the country have shown repeatedly that smart, forward-thinking criminal justice changes can avoid huge bills for taxpayers. Further, these reforms do not mean that crime rates will rise.
The Conservative Texas Budget (CTB) is one where biennial appropriations (General Appropriations Act and supplemental appropriations, when available) of state funds (excludes federal funds) and all funds—the footprint of government—increase by no more than population growth plus inflation. The 2018-19 CTB limits are $147.5 billion in state funds and $218.5 billion in all funds. ...
The Conservative Texas Budget Coalition’s key fiscal priorities for the 2017 Texas Legislature would support more economic prosperity for all Texans. The Foundation applauds much of what Governor Abbott said in his State of the State speech and included in his budget proposal to make these priorities a reality by advancing the case for the...