Every two years, legislators must write a new state budget that best serves the people of Texas while also limiting the burden it places on them. In order to write such a budget, the Legislature has to maximize available tax dollars by balancing actual needs and available revenue. Remember, for every dollar the Legislature allocates to one area of the budget, it loses the ability to spend it in another.
Reining in Federal Spending Through an Article V Convention of States
People often talk about the federal government as if it is set in a bubble removed from time and space, existing outside of the influence of the people. It is often forgotten that this government is made up of people selected from the public and that its authority is derived only from the consent of...