The 86th Texas legislative session starts today. There’s a new speaker and boatloads of bills have already been filed. Here are some of the pressing issues that Empower Texans has highlighted as key priorities: Abolish the Robin Hood school tax: The state should use existing funding streams to permanently buy down local school property taxes… Continue reading 2019 Texas Legislative Session Starts Today
Tag: Tax Reform
LinkSwarm for February 16, 2018
This has probably been my busiest February on record. Enjoy a complimentary Friday LinkSwarm, try the waitress and tip the veal: “It’s doubtful you can find a more succinct example of TDS than a seemingly inebriated Democrat Senator asking the aggregate intelligence apparatus, during a public session of congress, to give specific details of U.S.… Continue reading LinkSwarm for February 16, 2018
LinkSwarm for January 5, 2018
Happy New Year! How Donald Trump is restoring the S-curve. What it’s like to be a New York Times reporter during the war on terror: Success as a reporter on the CIA beat inevitably meant finding out government secrets, and that meant plunging headlong into the classified side of Washington, which had its own strange… Continue reading LinkSwarm for January 5, 2018
Tax Cut Passes, Millions Not Dead
So tax cut bill finally passed the House and the Senate and is headed to President Donald Trump’s desk to sign. Not a single Democrat voted for the bill, House or Senate. It’s not a perfect bill, but there are a lot of good features: “Lower Individual Tax Rates. The framework lowers rates for almost… Continue reading Tax Cut Passes, Millions Not Dead
LinkSwarm for April 28, 2017
It’s been a week, so enjoy an extra-late Friday LinkSwarm There’s lots of meat in President Trump’s tax reform proposal: Individual Reform Tax relief for American families, especially middle-income families: Reducing the 7 tax brackets to 3 tax brackets of to%, 25% and 35% Doubling the standard deduction Providing tax relief for families with child… Continue reading LinkSwarm for April 28, 2017