Local government spending

From 1990 to 2005, adjusted for inflation, Texas state government spending per person grew 56% while the state’s per-person economic production grew at half that rate, 28%.Between 1980 and 2005, local government spending, adjusted for inflation, increased 158%.

We pay among the highest property taxes in the nation. Our local governments are in debt beyond their means, and keep asking for more (school districts have begun asking for record amounts in bonds, more than $800 million in some cases).