by Vance Ginn | Nov 19, 2024 | Explainers
States across the country are rethinking tax reform to stay competitive for residents and businesses. Many are exploring ways to phase out personal income, business franchise, and property taxes to attract workers, foster economic growth, and ensure property rights....
by Vance Ginn | Oct 7, 2024 | Texe Lege
As Texas faces rising property taxes and record-high government spending, it’s time to reassess the path toward long-term prosperity. Recent data illustrates Texas’ strengths and challenges. In August 2024, Texas maintained a 4.1% unemployment rate, while...
by Vance Ginn | Sep 23, 2024 | Research
Overview The 2024-25 Frozen Texas Budget would have kept the state’s budget from growing as it is already too big, thereby excessively burdening taxpayers. This also helps quickly achieve the three-step process to eliminate all property taxes over the next decade by...
by Vance Ginn | Sep 17, 2024 | Texe Lege
The State of Texas is pouring unprecedented amounts of taxpayer money into public education with little to show for it. From the 2014-15 school year, to the 2022-23 school year, total education spending surged 53% to $92.4 billion, while per-student spending...
by Andrew McVeigh | Sep 4, 2024 | Texe Lege
Texas families are facing an affordability crisis that is being exacerbated by property taxes: a never-ending tax that, fundamentally, serves as a form of perpetual rent to the government. While the Legislature has taken steps recently to address the rising...
