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Month: July 2022

They Dare Not Call it a Recession

Posted on July 28, 2022 by Jeramy Kitchen

Thursday, Americans woke up to the news that the U.S. economy continued to contract for the second straight quarter. For Americans who have been experiencing a higher cost of living in the last year or so, it is not necessarily news as much as it is an affirmation of what they have already been experiencing,…

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What Is The Overton Window?

Posted on July 26, 2022 by Tim Hardin

If you have spent any amount of time in politics I am sure you have heard the phrase “The Overton Window” before. Today we are going to talk about what it is, and how to use this concept to our advantage as conservatives. Joseph Overton was an American policy analyst after whom the concept is…

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Do Not Let Texas Lawmakers Plunder Our Money

Posted on July 18, 2022 by Tim Hardin

Last week, Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced an updated revenue estimate, which increased our continually growing budget surplus by nearly $14 billion. Yes, you heard that right $14 billion more! This raised the previous estimate from roughly $13 billion to a staggering and historic $26.95 billion dollars! What exactly does this mean? Most taxpayers we…

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Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar Announces Historic Surplus in Updated Estimate

Posted on July 14, 2022July 14, 2022 by Tim Hardin

Thursday, Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar released his updated revenue estimate for the state of Texas. Previously the surplus estimate coming off of the most recent legislative session was around $8 billion. This estimate was updated in November of 2021 to be closer to $12 billion. In a House Appropriation Committee hearing on Tuesday, Comptroller Hegar…

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Texas Comptroller To Announce New Revenue Increase On Thursday

Posted on July 13, 2022 by Tim Hardin

Tuesday, the House Appropriations Committee held its first interim hearing to consider some of their assigned interim charges involving the state budget. Among the invited testimony was that of Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar, who came to give a general update to lawmakers on the state’s current revenue and economic outlook. For months Texans for Fiscal…

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Texas GOP Platform Includes Texas Prosperity Plan

Posted on July 6, 2022 by Jeramy Kitchen

Wednesday, the Republican Party of Texas released its 2022 Platform as approved by delegates to its State Convention in mid-June.  Among the 274 ‘planks’ or policy positions were all three of the items set forth in Texans for Fiscal Responsibility’s (TFR) Texas Prosperity Plan, which was introduced in early June and calls for the banning…

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What Is Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying?

Posted on July 6, 2022 by Tim Hardin

Recently Texans for Fiscal Responsibility (TFR) released its Texas Prosperity Plan focusing on policy goals for the upcoming Texas legislative session set to begin in January of 2023. The plan focuses on three specific issues to reform: 1) Eliminating Property Taxes 2) Freezing the Texas Budget 3) Banning Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying. Just a few weeks ago…

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