Recently the nation discovered that one of the most fundamentally conservative states in the nation is around $25 billion in debt. Texans, which until now, believed they were faring the recession better than the rest of the nation due to their staunch fiscal conservative budgeting, unlike the tax-and-spend liberals in New York and California. However it was actually due to Gov. Rick Perry's budget maneuvers and cover-ups.
Of course, it needn't be said what this means for the nation now that supposed fiscal conservatives have taken over the House. Or should it? And what is Texas planning on doing to get itself out of this mess?
No, Texas does not want to propose raising taxes. Yes, they have proposed cutting from the heath care budget by 10 percent, in a state with the worst heath care statistics in the nation, and cutting from public education. And no, they won't even tap into the Rainy Day Fund in order to halt this severe economic drought, as it is one of the worst in the nation.
Of course, one can only hope that once the conservatives in the Lone Star State unload all these proposed cuts onto the poor and lower taxes for the rich, aka the "Republican Budget Handbook," congress will see things getting worse before they get better in that state, and be forced to look to the other side of the aisle for economic advice. Unfortunately for them, and everyone else who thinks the big T word is synonymous with Communism, this means raising taxes, presumably on the rich.
Don't look now, but sometimes we actually have to pay for the things we need, like heath care, police and education.
Or they can learn from their mistakes now.
http://www.texastribune.org/texas-taxes/budget/texas-lawmakers-begin-spirited-debate-over-budget/
Of course, it needn't be said what this means for the nation now that supposed fiscal conservatives have taken over the House. Or should it? And what is Texas planning on doing to get itself out of this mess?
No, Texas does not want to propose raising taxes. Yes, they have proposed cutting from the heath care budget by 10 percent, in a state with the worst heath care statistics in the nation, and cutting from public education. And no, they won't even tap into the Rainy Day Fund in order to halt this severe economic drought, as it is one of the worst in the nation.
Of course, one can only hope that once the conservatives in the Lone Star State unload all these proposed cuts onto the poor and lower taxes for the rich, aka the "Republican Budget Handbook," congress will see things getting worse before they get better in that state, and be forced to look to the other side of the aisle for economic advice. Unfortunately for them, and everyone else who thinks the big T word is synonymous with Communism, this means raising taxes, presumably on the rich.
Don't look now, but sometimes we actually have to pay for the things we need, like heath care, police and education.
Or they can learn from their mistakes now.
http://www.texastribune.org/texas-taxes/budget/texas-lawmakers-begin-spirited-debate-over-budget/
