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1 hour ago, tx 3 putt said:

these three idiots are in charge of the worlds 8th largest economy, just a fyi ...

 

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Is Patrick transitioning?

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7 minutes ago, Burt said:

Is Patrick transitioning?

Daniella Patrick looks fabulous. She is a piece of shit but I will respect her choices. 

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18 minutes ago, Longhorn_Fan68 said:

not a single one of them is looking the same direction and two of them are looking in different directions -  if there were 5 cameras there then I would be impressed. truly special googly-eyed freaks. yep, that pretty much sums up Texas politicians.

Ken is always looking in 2 different directions.

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On 1/21/2025 at 6:21 AM, hookem2010 said:

From the article:

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"We can't hold our society back or hamstring the teaching of national pride and basic principles and morality because of someone, some way, somehow being offended," Creighton said in an interview...*Creighton is state senator Brandon Creighton.

Umm, is it just me, or did he just describe DEI and certain reactions to it but inverse? I mean, he's referring to his 'morality' which I'm not going to take a stab at guessing how he defines that but I have a pretty good idea that he comes out okey-dokey but others not so much.

Then I like (sarcasm alert) this next quote by the senator:

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...adding that the commandments are "principles that simply encourage people not to tell a lie to one another or to dishonor your mother or father."

It's called a commandment because that is how (you) wish to wield it. It's not encouraging, it's enacting rules and laws that bind others to these while ignoring that many of the earliest documents were crafted by people who were fleeing just such type of "encouragement."

The very first commandment, which I notice is lacking mention in the interview is that one shall have no other Gods before me. What principle in education is that serving exactly?

What happens if a student takes the Lord's name in vain (#3) in the classroom? Who decides the spectrum upon which the penalty of "vain-ness" is enacted? Is a by gawd it's hot in here going to get a seventh grader sent to detention?

Instead of working to assist with restricting access to weapons, mental health support, and other useful ways to spend tax dollars to actually improve education, yes let's command via the law that public schools place the ten commandments in the classroom. It can go right alongside thoughts and prayers the next time commandment #6 is violated.

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24 minutes ago, royiv said:

We’re Mississippi with oil money.

And tex-mex.  That's very important and oh-so-Texan: "Tex-mex - we love the food, but hate and want to deport everyone who created it, prepares it, and serves it!"

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Keep seeing far right wackos on the internet up in arms about the "Democrat Empowerment Act of 2025" in the rules for the State House that they voted on yesterday. Looks to me like they got exactly what they wanted tho: no Democrats will chair House committees...

Texas House GOP cuts off Democrats from top committee spots | The Texas Tribune

...But every committee will have a Democrat vice chair that has similar power to the chair

Quite funny that they got exactly what they asked for and are still mad about it 

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embarrassing 

 

budgets have been released. 

$1 Billion for 60,000 students  to attend private schools, $3.85 Billion for the 5.6 million students in public schools. 

$16,667 per private school student. 
$686 per public school student. 

Our #txed students, teachers, and families deserve better.

https://www.texastribune.org/2025/01/22/texas-budget-school-vouchers-teacher-raises-border-security/

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12 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

embarrassing 

 

budgets have been released. 

$1 Billion for 60,000 students  to attend private schools, $3.85 Billion for the 5.6 million students in public schools. 

$16,667 per private school student. 
$686 per public school student. 

Our #txed students, teachers, and families deserve better.

https://www.texastribune.org/2025/01/22/texas-budget-school-vouchers-teacher-raises-border-security/

Don't forget the $6.5 billion of spending on the performative theater of "Operation Lone Star" which has the sole purpose of "strut around and act like you're doing something tough on immigration while not actually accomplishing much of anything."  $6.5 billion of your tax dollars are being spent so pathetic Republican officials can go to daddy Trump and say "see, we're tough like you!  Don't you love us?"  It's the most pathetic simp bullshit around, but Republican voters think that being a simp for Trump is actually being tough, because up is down and all that shit.

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The Harris County/City of Houston property rate tax hike got me pretty good.   Got an email from my mortgage company that I was late on my payment.   I looked at my bank and I had paid January back on the 7th.   I didn't realize that my property taxes has gone up ~$500 per fucking month.   I'm lucky.  I can cut back on my caviar and champagne spending and come up with an extra $6,000 a a year for the difference.  But how many can't afford to cut back from Beluga to Sevruga caviar and skip the Veuve Clicquot and settle for Taittinger.

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On 1/24/2025 at 5:49 PM, tx 3 putt said:

embarrassing 

 

budgets have been released. 

$1 Billion for 60,000 students  to attend private schools, $3.85 Billion for the 5.6 million students in public schools. 

$16,667 per private school student. 
$686 per public school student. 

Our #txed students, teachers, and families deserve better.

https://www.texastribune.org/2025/01/22/texas-budget-school-vouchers-teacher-raises-border-security/

Seems like the republican goal is to have Texans sneak across the border to have their kids educated in Mexico.

 

Where did you get your numbers for the 60,000 private school student from?

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15 hours ago, Macanudo said:

The Harris County/City of Houston property rate tax hike got me pretty good.   Got an email from my mortgage company that I was late on my payment.   I looked at my bank and I had paid January back on the 7th.   I didn't realize that my property taxes has gone up ~$500 per fucking month.   I'm lucky.  I can cut back on my caviar and champagne spending and come up with an extra $6,000 a a year for the difference.  But how many can't afford to cut back from Beluga to Sevruga caviar and skip the Veuve Clicquot and settle for Taittinger.

Gotta love unpolled tax increases! No income tax though amirite hurrrrdeeeeehurree

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Maybe goes in texpatriate thread too. Is he just getting THAT much from beer lobbies for THC to be that high on the list?

 

Lt. Gov. Patrick’s Priority Bills:

Senate Bill 1 – Senate’s Budget for Texas
Senate Bill 2 – Providing School Choice
Senate Bill 3 – Banning THC in Texas
Senate Bill 4 – Increasing the Homestead Exemption to $140,000 ($150,000 for seniors)
Senate Bill 5 – Combatting Alzheimer’s – Establishing DPRIT (Dementia Prevention & Research Institute of Texas)
Senate Bill 6 – Increasing Texas’ Electric Grid Reliability
Senate Bill 7 – Increasing Investments in Texas’ Water Supply
Senate Bill 8 – Requiring Local Law Enforcement to Assist the Federal Government’s Deportation Efforts
Senate Bill 9 – Reforming Bail – Keeping Violent Criminals Off Our Streets
Senate Bill 10 – Placing the Ten Commandments in School
Senate Bill 11 – Protecting the Freedom to Pray in School
Senate Bill 12 – Establishing a Parental Bill of Rights in Public Education
Senate Bill 13 – Guarding Against Inappropriate Books in Public Schools
Senate Bill 14 – Texas DOGE – Improving Government Efficiency
Senate Bill 15 – Removing Barriers to Affordable Housing
Senate Bill 16 – Stopping Non-Citizens from Voting
Senate Bill 17 – Stopping Foreign Adversaries’ Land Grabs
Senate Bill 18 – Stopping Drag Time Story Hour
Senate Bill 19 – Stopping Taxpayer Dollars for Lobbyists
Senate Bill 20 – Stopping AI Child Pornography
Senate Bill 21 – Establishing the Texas Bitcoin Reserve
Senate Bill 22 – Establishing Texas as America’s Film Capital
Senate Bill 23 – Removing the Cap on the Rainy Day Fund to Secure Texas’ Long-term Financial Future
Senate Bill 24 – Educating Texas Students on the Horrors of Communism
Senate Bill 25 – Making Texas Healthy Again

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19 minutes ago, bluto said:

Maybe goes in texpatriate thread too. Is he just getting THAT much from beer lobbies for THC to be that high on the list?

 

Lt. Gov. Patrick’s Priority Bills:

Senate Bill 1 – Senate’s Budget for Texas
Senate Bill 2 – Providing School Choice
Senate Bill 3 – Banning THC in Texas
Senate Bill 4 – Increasing the Homestead Exemption to $140,000 ($150,000 for seniors)
Senate Bill 5 – Combatting Alzheimer’s – Establishing DPRIT (Dementia Prevention & Research Institute of Texas)
Senate Bill 6 – Increasing Texas’ Electric Grid Reliability
Senate Bill 7 – Increasing Investments in Texas’ Water Supply
Senate Bill 8 – Requiring Local Law Enforcement to Assist the Federal Government’s Deportation Efforts
Senate Bill 9 – Reforming Bail – Keeping Violent Criminals Off Our Streets
Senate Bill 10 – Placing the Ten Commandments in School
Senate Bill 11 – Protecting the Freedom to Pray in School
Senate Bill 12 – Establishing a Parental Bill of Rights in Public Education
Senate Bill 13 – Guarding Against Inappropriate Books in Public Schools
Senate Bill 14 – Texas DOGE – Improving Government Efficiency
Senate Bill 15 – Removing Barriers to Affordable Housing
Senate Bill 16 – Stopping Non-Citizens from Voting
Senate Bill 17 – Stopping Foreign Adversaries’ Land Grabs
Senate Bill 18 – Stopping Drag Time Story Hour
Senate Bill 19 – Stopping Taxpayer Dollars for Lobbyists
Senate Bill 20 – Stopping AI Child Pornography
Senate Bill 21 – Establishing the Texas Bitcoin Reserve
Senate Bill 22 – Establishing Texas as America’s Film Capital
Senate Bill 23 – Removing the Cap on the Rainy Day Fund to Secure Texas’ Long-term Financial Future
Senate Bill 24 – Educating Texas Students on the Horrors of Communism
Senate Bill 25 – Making Texas Healthy Again

My priorities in bold. I only bolded the bitcoin one because I own some. :)

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57 minutes ago, CooterBrown said:

Senate Bill 14 – Texas DOGE – Improving Government Efficiency

This could be the worst of them all.  

 

We already have a process where each government employee has to justify his or her existence every couple years. I am not sure what else they think they could do.

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1 hour ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

My priorities in bold. I only bolded the bitcoin one because I own some. :)

Senate Bill 23 – Removing the Cap on the Rainy Day Fund to Secure Texas’ Long-term Financial Future

Care to enlighten me on this one? Really don't see how letting Abbott, Lt Goeb, and the rest of our state political heros amass unlimited funds via over collection of taxes to do whatever they want with is a good idea...

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13 minutes ago, Valmy77 said:

We already have a process where each government employee has to justify his or her existence every couple years. I am not sure what else they think they could do.

Dare I say when you already have the Sunset process established...having a DOGE is redundant/wasteful??

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2 minutes ago, Evil Bill Obrien said:

Senate Bill 23 – Removing the Cap on the Rainy Day Fund to Secure Texas’ Long-term Financial Future

Care to enlighten me on this one? Really don't see how letting Abbott, Lt Goeb, and the rest of our state political heros amass unlimited funds via over collection of taxes to do whatever they want with is a good idea...

You think the state should be capped at a paltry 27bn in reserves?! This is up from 10bn in 2022

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26 minutes ago, Evil Bill Obrien said:

Senate Bill 23 – Removing the Cap on the Rainy Day Fund to Secure Texas’ Long-term Financial Future

Care to enlighten me on this one? Really don't see how letting Abbott, Lt Goeb, and the rest of our state political heros amass unlimited funds via over collection of taxes to do whatever they want with is a good idea...


Shouldn’t the cap be tied to our overall budget? (Maybe it is, IDK to be totally honest)

But once you’ve got say 1/2 of the states project two year budget (so essentially the amount to cover 1 whole year’s budget), you have to do 2 things:

1.) 2/3 Use it for education

2.) 1/3 Put it in the water infrastructure fund

Any interest earned off of the rainy day fund over that amount must be used for:

3.) Property tax relief or a refund to every citizen.


 

Edit- I googled it and the rainy day fund is capped at 10% of the last biannual budget.

So I still think my plan is workable no?

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30 minutes ago, Dnaguy said:


Shouldn’t the cap be tied to our overall budget? (Maybe it is, IDK to be totally honest)

But once you’ve got say 1/2 of the states project two year budget (so essentially the amount to cover 1 whole year’s budget), you have to do 2 things:

1.) 2/3 Use it for education

2.) 1/3 Put it in the water infrastructure fund

Any interest earned off of the rainy day fund over that amount must be used for:

3.) Property tax relief or a refund to every citizen.


 

Edit- I googled it and the rainy day fund is capped at 10% of the last biannual budget.

So I still think my plan is workable no?

I don't like the idea of the state sitting on that much cash, but if that's what they want to do they are going to do it anyway.... I think your ideas of putting whatever is deemed the excessive amount towards education and water infrastructure and eventually property tax refunds would be acceptable. 

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2 hours ago, bluto said:

Maybe goes in texpatriate thread too. Is he just getting THAT much from beer lobbies for THC to be that high on the list?


 

Don’t forget pharmaceutical companies and our lovely for-profit prison system. 

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1 minute ago, bluto said:

Wonder how local pd and metro police chiefs feel about being required to assist in the deportations

um, you do know the makeup of most of those squads, right? they're probably giddy.

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9 minutes ago, bluto said:

Wonder how local pd and metro police chiefs feel about being required to assist in the deportations

 

6 minutes ago, Longhorn_Fan68 said:

um, you do know the makeup of most of those squads, right? they're probably giddy.

A lot safer work than defending elementary schools that’s for sure.

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1 hour ago, Dnaguy said:


Shouldn’t the cap be tied to our overall budget? (Maybe it is, IDK to be totally honest)

But once you’ve got say 1/2 of the states project two year budget (so essentially the amount to cover 1 whole year’s budget), you have to do 2 things:

1.) 2/3 Use it for education

2.) 1/3 Put it in the water infrastructure fund

Any interest earned off of the rainy day fund over that amount must be used for:

3.) Property tax relief or a refund to every citizen.


 

Edit- I googled it and the rainy day fund is capped at 10% of the last biannual budget.

So I still think my plan is workable no?

The cap forces them to spend money where they don't want to.  They'd rather horde the cash and say fuck all y'all. 

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53 minutes ago, CooterBrown said:

The cap forces them to spend money where they don't want to.  They'd rather horde the cash and say fuck all y'all. 

I feel like anything they will try to pay for will either go to their rich donors or religious organizations anyway with this group.

Best let them horde the $ now and pray for  more reasonable politicians in the future.

 

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4 hours ago, CooterBrown said:

Senate Bill 14 – Texas DOGE – Improving Government Efficiency

This could be the worst of them all.  

 

Republicans have controlled all 3 branches of government for three decades. Why have they been so negligent with taxpayer money to need such an office? 

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Republicans have controlled all 3 branches of government for three decades. Why have they been so negligent with taxpayer money to need such an office? 

Because Trump and Elon have one
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If Paxton honestly thought Cosco's policies actually discriminated based on race, he would have sued them a long time ago. Or enforced the laws. This is just political intimidation.

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