Recent Report Shows Texas’ Abysmal Record on Property Taxes
Recently, the Huffines Liberty Foundation released a report entitled "Texas Property Taxes: A State-to-State Comparison." As the first in a three-part series, the report itself claims to be a road map to abolish property taxes in Texas, something the majority of...
Taxpayer Champion Announces Candidacy for Texas Speaker of the House
On Friday, Republican State Rep. Tony Tinderholt (Arlington) officially filed as a candidate for speaker of the Texas House, challenging incumbent Speaker Dade Phelan (Beaumont). Tinderholt was first elected to the Texas House in 2015 and is a taxpayer champion with...
Episode 16: BONUS EPISODE: Thomas McNutt
https://youtu.be/MBzT7ikP0AE Episode Description 💰 In this bonus episode of 𝗧𝗔𝗫𝗣𝗔𝗬𝗘𝗥 𝗧𝗔𝗟𝗞𝗦, we talk with a business owner, conservative activist, and former candidate for the Texas House of Representatives, Thomas McNutt on seeking fiscal sanity at the local...
Episode 15: Thomas McNutt, Fiscal Issues Facing State & Election Impacts
https://youtu.be/mpPfVlRSvBw Episode Description 💰 In this episode of 𝗧𝗔𝗫𝗣𝗔𝗬𝗘𝗥 𝗧𝗔𝗟𝗞𝗦, we briefly discuss our recent interview with Thomas McNutt and his thoughts on impacting local governments. We also discuss property tax, corporate welfare, school choice, and the...
Texas Given a ‘D’ Rating on Fiscal Health
Recently, Truth in Accounting released its 2022 Financial State of the States Report analyzing the financial health of all 50 states in the United States. They have released this annual report for the past 13 years. According to the report, Texas would need about...
A Texas-sized History of Corporate Handouts
Texas elected officials like to point out the economic success the state has found in the last few decades. It is true the state has an economic climate that many businesses and individuals across the world and the United States find attractive. But increasingly, more...
Should We Have Secret, Nonpartisan Local Elections in Texas?
As we find ourselves in the midst of election season, it is a great time to talk about how elections are conducted in Texas. In my time traveling the state and speaking to taxpayers about a myriad of issues related to our politics and elections, it is abundantly clear...
Episode 14: BONUS EPISODE: State Representative Kyle Biedermann
https://youtu.be/uE30Nz0WdZ4 Episode Description 💰 In this bonus episode of 𝗧𝗔𝗫𝗣𝗔𝗬𝗘𝗥 𝗧𝗔𝗟𝗞𝗦, 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...