Dedicating a portion of the sales tax–the state’s largest general tax–is not good fiscal policy. It would reduce the amount of funds subject to an already weak state expenditure limit in addition to other problems.
Taxes & Spending
Texas DOGE Roars to Life
Nearly one year ago, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed into law Senate Bill 14 in an effort to “slash regulations, put stricter standards on new regulations that could be costly to businesses, and put a check on the growth of the administrative state.” All worthy goals too considering the Lone Star State’s cumbersome regulatory environment, which recently ranked “as the fifth most-regulated…in the nation, after California,...
May 15, 2026