Episode 14: BONUS EPISODE: State Representative Kyle Biedermann
https://youtu.be/uE30Nz0WdZ4 Episode Description π° In this bonus episode of π§ππ«π£ππ¬ππ₯ π§ππππ¦, we talk with outgoing Republican Texas State Representative Kyle Biedermann about fiscal issues facing Texas including the property tax and the appetite in the Texas...
Appropriations Committee Member Seems to Not Understand Basic Market Economics
The Texas House Appropriations Committee met Wednesday in what is likely to be the last public hearing they have before the next legislative session, which is set to begin in January of 2023. One of the items discussed was an update from the newly created Broadband...
Episode 13: Kyle Biedermann & Texas House Appropriations Committee
https://youtu.be/K7G7-Bz8O5g Episode Description π° In this episode of π§ππ«π£ππ¬ππ₯ π§ππππ¦, we highlight some of the more interesting points to come out of our recent interview with Texas Republican State Representative Kyle Biedermann, as well as the recent Texas House...
Slowing the Growth Is a Losing Strategy for Taxpayers
For all of Texasβ economic successes, the ever-increasing property tax burden on Texas taxpayers casts a long and dark shadow. In 2021, the Tax Foundation reported that Texas had the sixth most burdensome property tax in the United States. Just one year earlier,...
No… We Don’t Need More Corporate Welfare in Texas
It never seems to amaze me how often "conservative" politicians are willing to give your money over to corrupt corporations in the form of corporate welfare. Recently, disgraced former Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives Dennis Bonnen (then-state...