by cbetz | Mar 3, 2025 | Research
Illegal immigration costs Texans over $13 billion annually. President Donald Trump has stepped up and is doing exactly what Texas should and could have done years ago. In support of President Trump’s decisive action to secure the border, Texas must aggressively do...
by cbetz | Feb 5, 2025 | Research
The rising cost of housing in Texas is becoming a crisis for many families. In just the past decade, home prices have nearly doubled, leaving many Texans priced out of their own communities. But government regulations are driving this inflation, not the free market....
by cbetz | Jan 17, 2025 | Research
Texas’ occupational licensing system is creating unnecessary barriers to entry for workers, especially those from low-income backgrounds. With excessive training requirements and high costs, many talented individuals are being shut out of the job market. This...
by cbetz | Oct 15, 2024 | Research
Fluoridating drinking water is a dangerous, slippery slope to medical tyranny. As of 2012, only 6% of the world’s population lived in countries that fluoridated water; almost half of those were in the United States. For decades, the rest of the world has understood...
by cbetz | Oct 3, 2024 | Research
Taxpayer-funded lobbying is an abuse of public trust. The voices of Texans are being drowned out by well-funded lobbyists hired with their own tax dollars. Worse, taxpayer-funded lobbyists are being used to block government transparency, shield corruption, and oppose...
by cbetz | Sep 16, 2024 | Research
Texas’ education system is failing its students. Despite massive increases in government education spending and school property taxes, less than half of students reach grade-level proficiency. Meanwhile, millions of children are trapped in underperforming schools,...
