Congress in Chaos: Misinformation and Misplaced Priorities [View all]

What happens when misinformation drives national security debates?

https://www.lonestarleft.com/p/congress-in-chaos-misinformation



Aside from the election, the Texas Legislature has been quiet this week. The Texas House Select Study Committee on Sustainable Property Tax Relief has a hearing scheduled today, which I am watching. Depending on how long it goes, I will have the rundown for you later this afternoon or tomorrow.

Homeowners in Texas are acutely aware of the high property tax. Texas has the fifth highest property tax in America—even higher than California. Of course, this is the fault of the Republican Texas government, whose poor economic ideals consist of “cutting everything” and “paying for nothing.” In turn, most of the cost of education is passed on to counties. And schools have to be paid for, so that cost is passed on to homeowners.

It’s not only education. Every department in the Texas government is underfunded. During the last legislative session, I watched the Senate appropriation hearings. Every department begged for more money and talked about how they couldn’t keep staff because they paid half of what people could make in the private sector and had high turnover rates. Don’t even get me started on the technology. We’re way behind.

But before we get to everyone’s favorite topic of taxes, we need to discuss what the heck is happening in Washington, DC. It’s completely unhinged.