Daily Archives: January 31, 2003

The state of education

Awhile back I asked When is a tax increase not a tax increase? Answer: When you can get someone else to do the tax-increasing for you, as the Lege is fixing to do by cutting $1 billion out of their … Continue reading Continue reading

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The state of the state

Things were pretty busy for me this past week, so I haven’t had much time to write any analytical stuff. I’m finally getting things back to normal, so in that spirit let’s take a look at the state of the … Continue reading Continue reading

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Dubious Distinctions Department

One of the underappreciated aspects of our Governor Goodhair is his high standards. How else can you explain his recent remarks in which he said that he doesn’t want Texas to be “like Mississippi”? [Rick] Perry, a Republican, was quoted … Continue reading Continue reading

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