Despite legislative efforts to allow for the creation of new sources of transportation financing, it is not at all clear that there is currently a lack of transportation funding in Texas. 
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In the third major political contest since Barak Obama took the oath of office, the people of Virginia, New Jersey and Massachusetts have rebuked the President. Two of the three states -- MA & NJ -- are blue, if not deep blue. Virginia, while electing a Democrat as US Senator (Webb) and Governor (Kaine) in recent elections, remains a culturally and politically conservative state. Read More»

Governor Perry's speech in Midland yesterday is being widely reported with some of the stories focused on the Governor's comments pertaining to illegal immigrantion. The real import of the speech is the Governor's use of the "S" word to describe the Obama Administration. Read More»

Less than a year ago, President Obama's "hope and change" refrain train hit Washington to fanfare probably not experienced since VE-Day. There's no point parsing every word, analyzing every speech, and interpreting every nuance that lead to his overwhelming victory. Read More»

The Obama Administration is touting the jobs "saved or created" because of the $787 billion stimulus plan passed earlier this year. One independent assessment of the total is 650,000; the White House puts the number closer to one million. Read More»

The Congressional Budget Office has tagged the recently-announced Pelosi health care nationalization plan at a little over $1 trillion. Given the history of inaccurate scoring of the long-term government health care costs, the Pelosi Plan (if passed) could be closer to $2 trillion over the next ten years, according to the Wall Street Journal. Read More»

Today, two news reports should -- but won't -- give proponents of the health care nationalization plan serious pause about what they are intent on doing. Read More»

The news in the past 24 hours highlights the contradictions unfolding in the debate over the nationalization of health care. Read More»

In a recent op-ed (Statesman, October 14, 2009), Senator John Cornyn pointed to the most egregious subterfuge in the debate over the nationalization of health care. Sen. Cornyn wrote: "The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said it will cost $829 billion, but when it's fully implemented, the Senate Budget Committee estimates the real cost to be $1.8 trillion." Read More»

The Austin American Statesman endorsed the Baucus health care plan passed out the Senate Finance Committee earlier this week by a 14-9 vote. No news there. However, the Statesman leans on the rickety sawhorse that a federally-mandated health plan will fix the "broken and financially unsustainable [system] for consumers and businesses." This cannot be. Read More»