Cash for Consultants
What to know: The city of Beaumont is spending nearly $100,000 on Austin-based consultants “to educate voters ahead of the city’s November bond election.” Part of the proceeds will be used to pay for travel and lodging for the consultants as they go from Austin to Beaumont for meetings.
The TPPF take: This is government waste at its worst.
“The city is taking from taxpayers to pay consultants to learn how to tax Texans even more. This is anti-taxpayer, to say the least,” says TPPF’s James Quintero. “Tax dollars ought to be spent on police and potholes, not professional consultants.”
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Getting Schooled on DEI
What to know: Denver parents are concerned about new DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion) requirements in Denver public school teacher contracts.
The TPPF take: They’re right to be concerned.
“Universities have been the Wuhan Wet Labs of woke for decades — everything bad originates there, starting with hatred for America rooted in contempt for all Western thought,” says TPPF’s Sherry Sylvester. “Plus, there’s all the theories — critical race theory, gender theory, intersectionality theory — that had become required courses for many Texas students. If you wonder how all this junk got into our public schools, it’s because universities are training public school teachers.”
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Agility, not Arrogance
What to know: Modern warfare is going high-tech, and victory no longer goes to the biggest army.
The TPPF take: America’s secret weapon is the OODA Loop (Observe, Orient, Decide, Act).
“The U.S. must double down on OODA superiority,” says TPPF’s Chuck DeVore. “We must invest in AI that augments human decision-making, not replaces it; increase the pace of exercises emphasizing rapid adaptation and culturally reinforce independent thinking in our ranks.”
For more on the OODA Loop, click here.