Podcast: Property Tax Relief Hits Texas: Will Texans Feel It?

​I cover the following in less than 12 minutes:

​1) National:

• Jobs report from last Friday looks good on the surface but weak under it
• CPI inflation indicates it is heating up again, and real earnings are weak
• GOP debate was too much infighting, not enough specificity
• Trump v. Biden: Comparison after three years of their presidencies

2) States:

• Will Texans not feel as much about property tax relief as some say? Could the total tax relief be much less from excess state and local spending?
• Texas Policy Research Initiative, of which I’m a board member, launched this week and posted about the messy legislative process in Texas
• New South Carolina Sustainable Budget for FY 2025 will pave a better fiscal and economic path forward.

3) Other:

• I'm now an associate research fellow at AIER; don’t miss my latest piece there on how states are hurting people by raising their minimum wages
• My personal website is newly updated; please check it out and connect with me if I can be of service to you or your organization.
• Don't miss the latest LPP podcast with Adam Thierer of R Street Institute on the technology revolution
• Monday’s new podcast with Michael Cannon of Cato Institute on improving health care affordability, accessibility, and quality