Texas lost jobs in October and faces major headwinds with a weak U.S. economy and a poor performance by this year’s 88th Legislature. There is a better way. This included the largest spending increase, largest corporate welfare increase, largest amount passed in...
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The Ginn Economic Brief: U.S. Economic Situation—November 2023
Highlights People prosper most from free-market capitalism, we need more of it in America (and Texas). Americans are suffering from big-government policies out of D.C. Find out more details and what can be done in this economic brief. Figure 1: Real Average Weekly...
Texas Bond Propositions: The Rising Tide of Property Tax Burdens and Voter Paradox
One of the perhaps most underreported outcomes of last week's election is the overwhelming success of local bond propositions, especially those that will further increase the already rapidly growing property tax burden on Texas taxpayers. Collectively, Texas voters...
Texas Candidate Filing Begins
Filing to be on the primary ballot in March is open for a thirty-day window. As anticipation for the March primary elections rise, candidate filing to be on the ballot in either party officially began on Saturday, November 11th. Candidates from both Republican...
Election Results: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Tuesday was election day, and Texans across the State went to the polls to cast their votes on fourteen constitutional amendments, various local propositions, and a scattering of elections for office. Let’s briefly look at the election day results and see where...
Federal Budget Deficit Has Nearly Doubled Under President Biden
The federal budget deficit has doubled from one year to the next a few times before. Usually, those occurrences happen in conjunction with economic bad news, something the current administration consistently says does not exist. The Numbers Game First off, let's talk...