Action Alerts from TEXAS Foward and Kids Well: Today, the Senate Finance and House Appropriations Committees held public hearings on budget-related bills that affect every Texan. They are busy underfunding education and health care, and they are hoping you won't notice. Nine out of 10 Texans in a recent poll oppose cutting public education and children's health care, yet that's exactly what this budget does. What's more: - Over twice as many Texas voters oppose these cuts as oppose using the Rainy Day Fund. - Only 1 voter in 10 opposes all the revenue-raising measures the Texas Legislature opposes. It is time for state leaders to stop being out of touch and start representing the views of the vast majority of Texans! |
This blog chronicles the aftermath of the budgetary and legislative decisions of the 82nd Texas Legislature, as revealed through factual analysis and the stories of real Texans. The Texas Governor and legislators refused to garner and use available state revenue to offset state budget shortages. Worse than taxes, their decisions have levied a crushing "Texas Toll" that Texans will pay for in terms of jobs, human freedom to live in the community, health, education, and our children's future.
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Thursday, June 2, 2011
"Don't Set Us Up to Fail!"
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