It’s not often that Republicans in Texas seek to emulate California. It comes after years of mounting pressure from voters to both increase state funding to public schools and lower property taxes, which provide the bulk of public education funding in Texas. The proposed “tax swap” solution has sparked a wider debate around Republican values and how to best exercise the fiscal conservatism Republicans have, for decades, heralded as the key to prosperity.

Source: https://news.yahoo.com/texas-republican-propose-raising-taxes-why-210925362.html

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