The Brief: Top Texas News for Jan 7, 2010
THE BIG CONVERSATION:
Everything old is new again.
Yesterday, Gov. Rick Perry proposed two constitutional amendments he’d like to see passed during the 2011 session. One would require a two-thirds super majority in both houses of the Legislature to pass a tax increase. Another would create a limit on state spending tied to inflation and growth.
“These two sensible amendments will engrave our proven fiscal disciplines into the bedrock of state law and make our state even stronger, no matter what challenges the global economy might present,” Perry said. He also called for the establishment of a statewide inspector ...
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jworrall
Here's my headline...Perry Formula : TX=CA.
Requiring 2/3 Legislative super majority for a tax increase is exactly why California is in budget paralysis. Allowing a mere 1/3 of Texas legislators to block a tax increase is a recipe for fiscal Californication (sans movie stars)--a budget gap filled with schools closing, state-issued IOUs, workers furloughed, prisons spilling over...
To have proposed it in 2006 is vintage Perry; to propose it in 2010 is vintage idiot.
KBR is missing the point--I trust that Bill White won't.