Conservative Texas Budget Coalition Efforts to Expand Liberty & Prosperity #TxLege @TPPF

The Conservative Texas Budget Coalition, which includes the Texas Public Policy Foundation and 13 other member organizations, recently presented our agenda for the 2017 Texas Legislature. You can view the press conference here and the press release with statements from most members.

Here is my statement: “The Conservative Texas Budget limits increases in the budget to no more than $147.5 billion in state funds and $218.5 billion in all funds,” said Vance Ginn, Ph.D., economist in the Center for Fiscal Policy at TPPF. “These limits are based on a 4.5 percent increase in population growth plus inflation during the previous two fiscal years. By limiting government spending to just meeting the needs of Texans, legislators can do more to increase the entrepreneurial spirit and job creation in Texas.”

The Coalition welcomes the newest member of the Coalition, Citizens Against Government Waste. Here’s the updated one-pager with all 14 member organizations and our agenda items.
 
Regarding the CTB agenda items, the Foundation has recently released the following publications:

• Paper on the economic benefits of eliminating the margins tax
• Paper on a budget-cutting mechanism called the STaR Fund
• Document on 2016-17 & 2018-19 Texas Budgets v. CTB
• Document on CTB Brief
• Document on 2018-19 Proposed Texas Budget v. CTB
• Blog post: The STaR Fund: A Budget-Cutting Tool for Texas
• Blog post: Texas Legislature Should Sustain a 2016-17 CTB
• Blog post: Texas Legislature Should Pass a 2018-19 CTB
• Blog post: Texas Legislature Should Pass Tax Relief, Spending Limit Reform, and Budget Transparency
• Blog post: Texas’ 2018-19 Budget Items That Exceed the CTB Growth Limit
• Blog post: Texas’ Economic, Labor Market, and Fiscal Situation.

 
Through these efforts, we hope to reduce the size and scope of government in Texas so Texans have the best opportunity to flourish.