Research, Analysis, Posts, and Releases
Domestic Extremism and Threat Analysis
As a representative, you must be aware of the real threats that exist in your state and country. All forms of extremist violence, disruption, destruction, and mass public abuse are evil and should be denounced fully. When assessing the greatest threats to public safety, we cannot be pigeon holed into left wing or right wing - but what is actually happening and who is responsible. This article provides an assessment of how best to analyze the dangers out there from a policy standpoint.
Protecting What’s Yours: Improving Heir and Property Rights Laws in Texas
Texas must strengthen its laws that protect the desires of Texans to leave their hard earned wealth to their families. Current loopholes have allowed for corruption and fraud to drain estates, putting heirs through years of probate fights, resulting in loss of their rights through red tape. This bill will close those loopholes to protect Texas families.
Texas Education Spending: A Decade of Evidence That More Spending Does Not Equal Better Outcomes
Texas has been increasing spending on education to an excess of per student funding - but is not seeing improvement in student outcomes. This shows that more spending doesn't equal better student outcomes - but what is being done with current spending in actual teaching does. This facts based report sets the record straight and identifies what should be done to reform Texas Public Education.
The Texas Education Freedom Accounts (Vouchers): Setting the Record Straight
The Texas Education Freedom Accounts Program (TEFA or Vouchers) is not the long term solution for achieving freedom of education, but its a good first step to education choice for parents and students. There are many who misrepresent this program, and this article clears up the false claims many hear from the Democrat party. HD109 deserves the truth, not emotional falsehoods.
Ending Birth Tourism in Texas: What the Law Says, What We’re Doing About It, and Why It Matters
Now that the Supreme Court has wrongfully upheld the corrupt practice of birthright citizenship, it is up to Texans to protect the sanctity of American citizenship by passing law to prohibit Birth Tourism and close the entities that operate in support of it. In support of Representative Brian Harrison’s proposals, I’ve draft legislation to criminalize the birth tourism industry to protect Texans and what it means to be an American Citizen.
Taxing the Invisible Transaction — TPTRP Foreign Entity Sales Tax Framework
The Texas Property Tax Replacement Plan abolishes all property taxes, Franchise taxes, and BPP taxes, and replaces them with a 3.25% starting sales tax rate on all non cost of living purchases, saving millions for Texas based businesses and $7,000 for the average Texas household. It will also make sure that all foreign businesses collect an remit the sales tax in order to operate here - ending their special exemptions permanently.
How the Property Tax Replacement Plan Handles Bonds and Protects Texans
The Texas Property Tax Replacement Plan is designed to constitutionally guarantee bond holders under better terms through the replacement sales and use tax, and adds protections for citizens - including giving them first rights to purchase bonds they approve for their jurisdictions.
What Ending Property Taxes Means for TX House District 109
The Texas Property Tax Replacement Plan will end all property taxes in the state of Texas, as well as the business franchise tax, BPP tax, and other state level taxes - resulting in significant savings for families in Cedar Hill, Lancaster, DeSoto, Hutchins, Wilmer, Glenn Heights, and every city across Texas - an average of $8,775 a year!
Replacing Texas Property Taxes - Real Savings for Texas Families and Renters
Eliminating property taxes in Texas can be done, replacing it with a Sales Tax system that applies to all sales transactions excluding only cost of living purchases. This increases the tax base while reducing the tax burden on the lowest income families in the state, and saving the average Texas household over $7,000 a year.
Texas Property Tax Replacement - What it Means for Texas Businesses
The Texas Property Tax Replacement Plan ends all property taxes, franchise taxes, BPP taxes, and other state level taxes, freeing up Texas based businesses, replacing it with a Sales Tax on all non cost of living transactions. This article covers the amazing impact this will have on Texas businesses, bringing much needed relief to keep Texas strong!
TPTRP - The Texas Living Exemption Set - Cost of Living Purchases Not Taxed
The Texas Property Tax Replacement Plan includes a constitutional amendment that provides constraint on government taxation by allowing for only Cost of Living exemptions, known as the Texas Living Exemption set, and barring special interest lobbying for tax exemptions, thus reducing the burden of taxation of Texas families. This article breaks down the starting set of exemptions being proposed for the implementing legislation.
Prohibiting The Vehicle Kill Switch & Your Vehicle Data to Foreign Entities: How Texas Will Stop It
The Federal government has NOT yet passed a rule for the implementation of the "Kill Switch" in your vehicle - Now is the time to stop it and stop allowing vehicles to send data about you to foreign entities via your car!
TPTR Plan - Real Relief For Texas Families, Reducing Grocery Prices
Texans deserve real price relief on their daily needs. The Texas Property Tax Replacement plan delivers in annual savings for every Texas household, and reduced prices at the grocery store.
The TPTRP - The Tier Structure and Rate Coverage
The Texas Property Tax Replacement Plan utilizes the existing structure of the Texas Sales and Use Tax system, but better organizes it into 5 tiers, creating a structure for the absorption of Special Districts into their cities and counties. This article provides demonstration of how the new Sales Tax Rates cover all tax replacement obligations for each level.
Texas Energy and Data Center Policy Plan
Solving the problems of Texas energy and information technology infrastructure as well as addressing the issues around the growth of data centers requires real solutions and structure that private industry can build upon. This article covers the proposed legislation to make it happen and to secure Texas information and energy independence for the future.