According to reports filed with the Texas Ethics Commission by lobbyists required to register in the state of Texas, as much as $376.6 million was spent to influence state policymakers in 2017. Given the state of Texas spent about $116 billion in 2017, spending $376.6 million to have a say in how those billions are spent can be seen as a wise investment, the equivalent of spending $3 to try to shape $1,000 of spending.
Forging Texas: A Guidebook for Legislators
We are forging the future of Texas, and we are forging it together. Its shape and its substance are up to us. Will it be a Texas that encourages entrepreneurship? Will it be a Texas that attracts new businesses and startups through low taxes and more reasonable regulations? Will it be a Texas that places...