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'We can see exactly what the priority is for the educational establishment: growing & transforming their independent school districts into mini-university systems—& creating a guaranteed jobs program for school administrators.' #txlege

texaspolicy.com/public-schools…

'From everything I read you would think we were incapable of solving social problems.

In truth, we find matters only getting worse because the proposed solutions almost always involve the culprit—the state—taking more control over our lives.'

mises.org/mises-wire/pub…

AI might revolutionize our world, but overzealous regulators could crash the party! 🎉 #txlege

reason.com/2024/05/03/ai-…

😃 Happy Tuesday! Your #txlege Number of the Day:

$16,792= the total spent on each of Texas' 5.5 million students (Total $92.4 billion) in the 2022-23 school year. This number is up $7.6 billion from the previous school year and an 🔼 of almost $40 billion over the last decade.

Your largest expense isn’t your mortgage, it’s your taxes.

Between income, payroll, sales, property, fuel, & other hidden taxes, the avg middle class home gives up nearly 1/2 their income to gov.

Why does the left pretend to care about the middle but refuses to cut their taxes?

What is driving inflation?

'Private property rights are crucial to economic prosperity. Without them, it becomes impossible to set up a system of free markets that allows for rational economic calculation. Despite this, property rights are under attack in today’s world by progressives seeking to build a

It took over 200 yrs for the US to accumulate the first trillion in debt. It took less than 100 days for the last trillion.

Just as a frame of reference so you can understand how insane this all is:

10 billion+ per day
500 million per hour
100K+ per second

Strap in

'Instead of lobbying for age verification and youth social media bans, parents can simply restrict their kids' smartphone use.'

🤯 What a novel concept... #txlege

reason.com/2024/05/06/don…

🔥 The report on the 2024 Panhandle wildfires reveals key causes, the impact on Texas, and the next steps for prevention. Discover how the upcoming #txlege session might tackle these issues ⤵️ #PanhandleWildfires

texaspolicyresearch.com/investigative-…

😃 Happy Thursday! Time for #ThursdayThoughts #txlege 💭 Do you agree?

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One of the greatest failures of legislators in #txlege (aside from passing bad bills) is not going back and reviewing how the Agencies translated their legislation into rules & regulations during the interim period & following sessions. Let's see a version of this in the 89th.

Taxpayer funded lobbying groups often harass and punish small businesses through lawfare and their high $ law firms! Another reason to ban taxpayer funded lobbying! thetexan.news/judicial/city-…

It will never cease to amaze me how much people love state power when its on their side

Occupying a campus building, blocking students from attending classes, and vandalizing property is not protected by the First Amendment, full stop.

It’s illiberal. It’s illegal. And it should be punished.

US debt will equal 123% of GDP in 2034, per Bloomberg.

Debt at that level would mean servicing costs reach close to 5.4% of GDP — more than 1.5 times as much as what the federal government spent on national defense in 2023, and comparable to the entire Social Security budget.

If you look at who backs/supports school bonds, you’ll find that it’s engineering and construction firms. Powerful special interests fight to keep taxpayer $ flowing to cronies

A news reporter asked Michael Jordan if he thought the ’90s Bulls could beat LeBron’s Lakers.

MJ: Yes.
Reporter: By how much?
MJ: Two or three points.
Reporter: Why so close?
MJ: Most of us are almost 60 now.

Speech is speech, and violence is violence. All speech, including stupid speech, is tolerable. Violence of any kind, including physical intimidation, property damage, or blocking the free passage of others trying to go to work or class, should never be tolerated.