Dan Patrick Brings Big Government to Texas
The past few weeks in the Texas Legislature marked some of the first divisions between Republican lawmakers.
In the Senate last Tuesday, Dan Patrick held a press conference taking credit for the Senate’s plan to cut $4.6 billion in taxes that will be taken from the property and franchise taxes.
Sounds great right? Wrong. So what’s wrong with tax cuts? Well first the San Antonio Express News makes a pretty strong case that Texas should address its growing list of needs first (like transportation, debt, schools, pensions, and water infrastructure) before we even think about cutting taxes. But the Tea Party controlled Senate is not primarily focused on addressing the very real and growing needs of the state.
But let’s pretend for a minute that this is the right time to cut taxes for Texans. Here’s the problem: having the state try to cut a local tax like the property tax is the quintessential definition of local control succumbing to big government. Big dysfunctional government brought to you by Texas Tea Party and Senate leader Dan Patrick.
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