Recommendations on 2024 Texas Republican Primary Ballot Propositions

Here are my recommendations on the 2024 Texas Republican Primary Ballot Propositions

1.) Texas should eliminate all property taxes without increasing Texans’ overall tax burden. No. The language here is fraught with loopholes and would not result in lower taxes. It should read, “Texas should reduce our tax burden by eliminating all property taxes using budget surpluses without increasing any existing taxes or creating new ones.

2.) Texas should create a Border Protection Unit, and deploy additional state law enforcement and military forces, to seal the border, to use physical force to prevent illegal entry and trafficking, and to deport illegal aliens to Mexico or to their nations of origin. Yes.

3.) The Texas Legislature should require the use of E-Verify by all employers in Texas to protect jobs for legal workers by preventing the hiring of illegal aliens. Yes.

4.) The Texas Legislature should end all subsidies and public services, including in-state college tuition and enrollment in public schools, for illegal aliens. Yes.

5.) Texas urges the United States Congress not to grant any form of amnesty or a pathway to legalization for illegal aliens. Yes.

6.) The Texas Legislature should prohibit the deployment of the Texas National Guard to a foreign conflict unless Congress first formally declares war. Yes.

7.) The Texas Legislature should establish authority within the Texas State Comptroller’s office to administer access to gold and silver through the Texas Bullion Depository for use as legal tender. Yes.

8.) The State of Texas should ensure that Texans are free to give or to withhold consent for any vaccine without coercion. Yes.

9.) The Republican Party of Texas should restrict voting in the Republican Primary to only registered Republicans. Yes.

10.) The Texas Constitution should be amended to restore authority to the Texas Attorney General to prosecute election crimes. Yes.

11.) Texas parents and guardians should have the right to select schools, whether public or private, for their children, and the funding should follow the student. No. School choice is good, but as currently envisioned by The Texas Legislature would involve a massive increase in public school funding and would expand government authority over private schools.

12.) The Texas Constitution should be amended to require proof of citizenship before any individual can be registered to vote. Yes.

13.) Texas should ban the sale of Texas land to citizens, governments, and entities from China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia. Yes.