Texans for Texas | by GlennM
Ok, think about how conservatives might feel when liberals are making fun of them.
Then take a deep breath.
Then check out Texans For Texas.
As an ex-Applied History double-major (ex as in I dropped the double-major before I graduated), the first thing that kills me isn't the liberal bashing. It's the lack of footnotes in the articles.
Nobody I've talked with gives me the impression that student-teacher ratios are down to "less than 15". And I find it hard to believe that per-pupil spending is up a factor of three. I will agree that it seems like clearing out a lot of the administration would be a good thing.
Other interesting articles:
A nice survey of TX liberal organizations, some of them faith-based:
An interesting take on taxes:
The top 25% of income earners shouldered some 83% of the tax burden in 2001, and the top 1% paid 34%. In terms of sheer dollars, it is only natural (and appropriate) that tax relief is more heavily weighted toward those paying the highest shares.
[But then I actually find something I agree with:]
Some of us (including me) would prefer to see any tax relief directed toward investment and research and development, thus expanding long-range opportunities for all.
A link to another site about charity giving:
[Showing Red states giving more to charity than blue states. Data is from the IRS. They're doing some funny handling of "rankings". If you just look at raw avg income vs. avg giving, the top two states are Wyoming and Utah (14.5%, 13.6%), with New Hampshire dead last at 4.6%, and a reasonably smooth curve. So blue states do suck at giving, for whatever reason.]
Ok, some of the rest of the stuff is making me nauseous.
In this article, there's the argument that "since 1992 spending, local government spending exceeded population growth and inflation by $3.5 billion in 2002 alone". But since fed and state funding was gutted, no wonder the burden fell on the local governments.