The lack of legislation meeting more that once every two years has left the use of revenue in Texas in the hands of people and organizations that severely misuse it and take away from other areas that require funds.
Texas should consider more than depleting other funds to make up for the deficit in the budget. Instead of using makeshift bills and passing budgets that call for the deprivation of the community in order to make ends meet for the government. Texas legislation should work more towards giving the money back to the consumer to aide them even if it means paying higher taxes as the cost of developing a bigger community that intern aids the legislation by allowing more revenue to flow through the government. An alternative to assigning amounts of revenue to corporations and associations to spend the money on areas that actually require it such as education, transportation and safety. For example The Texas Tribune interview with Joe Straus spoke of moving around funds in the house budget in order to make up for areas of deficit, like the "Rainy Day" funds 4.3 million dollars being transferred to help make up for the government budget. He goes on to states that the people have realized along with the legislation that cuts are needed to be made in order to assist with the budget. With so many of these cuts it is no wonder of why the legislation is forced into taking funds out of other revenue sources that severely need it.
In short legislation already has their answer for fixing the budget, however they are more interested on saving face with the public instead of doing what's best for a growing community.
Work Cited:
The Texas Tribune. "Speaker Joe Straus on the Rainy Day Fund - YouTube." YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. 10 Mar. 2011. Web. 29 Oct. 2011
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