213. Property Tax Relief Hits Texas: Will Texans Feel It?

NEW Jobs Report, Inflation, and Wages Data You Don't Want to Miss

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Today, I reveal the truth about the GOP debate, the latest jobs report, recent data on inflation and wages, new property tax relief in Texas, and how Trump and Biden compare after three years of their presidencies.

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I cover the following in less than 12 minutes:

1) National:

• Jobs report from last Friday looks good on the surface but weak under it

• CPI inflation indicates it is heating up again, and real earnings are weak

• GOP debate was too much infighting, not enough specificity

• Trump v. Biden: Comparison after three years of their presidencies

2) States:

• Will Texans not feel as much about property tax relief as some say? Could the total tax relief be much less from excess state and local spending?

• Texas Policy Research Initiative, of which I’m a board member, launched this week and posted about the messy legislative process in Texas

• New South Carolina Sustainable Budget for FY 2025 will pave a better fiscal and economic path forward.

3) Other:

• I'm now an associate research fellow at AIER; don’t miss my latest piece there on how states are hurting people by raising their minimum wages

• My personal website is newly updated; please check it out and connect with me if I can be of service to you or your organization.

• Don't miss the latest LPP podcast with Adam Thierer of R Street Institute on the technology revolution

• Monday’s new podcast with Michael Cannon of Cato Institute on improving health care affordability, accessibility, and quality

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