Higher Taxes on the Horizon
What to know: Many school districts are complaining about budget deficits and threatening serious tax hikes, despite robust revenues, ample reserve funds, and teaching fewer students.
The TPPF take: Education doesn’t need more money. We need more education for our money.
“School trustees should reject any talk of tax hikes and instead, look for waste, fraud, and abuse in their current budgets. A good place to start is at the top with out-of-control administrator salaries, costly allowances, and gold-plated benefits,” says TPPF’s James Quintero. “Officials can bridge any gap by reining in the government’s budget, instead of ruining the family budget.”
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Alt-Left
What to know: The “Alt-Left” is emerging as a political force, as influential left-wing figures with extremist rhetoric are often normalized by Democrats and major media outlets.
The TPPF take: Progressive candidates have now begun to offer up a substitute to mainstream Democratic party politics.
“The violence of the BLM, ANTIFA rioters, Tesla bombers, Pro-Palestine activists are all excused in favor of their ideological project,” says TPPF’s Cameron Abrams. “Their idealism is wrapped in an egalitarian moralism, one in which necessitates a lust for power, and has only attracted more and more young people to the far-left.”
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Pushing Back
What to know: Texas landowners are pushing back against proposed high-power transmission lines.
The TPPF take: Those landowners are raising valid concerns.
“The Public Utility Commission of Texas should pause implementation of ERCOT’s Strategic Transmission Expansion Plan (STEP) and carefully evaluate more affordable, reliable alternatives before committing Texans to the largest transmission projects in state history,” says TPPF’s Brian Phillips. “While Texas faces growing electricity demand from population growth, industrial expansion, and data centers, STEP fails to address the state’s most pressing grid challenge: increasing the supply of reliable generation.”
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