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...
Episode 12: BONUS EPISODE: Texas State Representative Jeff Cason
https://youtu.be/KZ1iYLks78U Episode Description π° In this bonus episode of π§ππ«π£ππ¬ππ₯ π§ππππ¦, we talk with outgoing Republican Texas State Representative Jeff Cason about fiscal issues facing Texas including the property tax and the appetite in the Texas Legislature to...
Episode 11: Jeff Cason, Quid Pro Joe and a Political Culture of Spending
https://youtu.be/6bAVd2pvDYE 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 Jeff Cason, the recent "Quid pro-Joe" scandal...
Explainer: What Is Keynesian Economics?
Oftentimes when operating in the world of fiscal policy, economists use certain terms and phrases and simply gloss over them, not realizing that everyday taxpayers may not understand. A number of these come up from time to time, and I have found myself using the...
Biden Caught in Another ‘Quid Pro Joe’
Where is the outrage for the many obviously corrupt business and political dealings of Joe Biden? In the last week, the government of Saudi Arabia made public that U.S. President Joe Biden was engaged in yet another quid pro quoβor, as we will now refer to it, a "Quid...