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March 18, 2025Every Texan: Texas Taxes Are Upside-Down. Big Tax Cuts Don’t Help.
Texas’ tax system is upside-down. When it comes to funding our public services, schools, and state and local governments, Texans with lower incomes are expected to pay more than their fair…
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January 31, 2025Every Texan: Current Border Militarization Operations Are a Wasteful Attempt at Deterrence
There is little return to show on past border militarization investments. Beginning in 2021, the Governor launched a multi-year campaign called Operation Lone Star that, in part, allowed his Trusteed…
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October 24, 20232023’s State and Local Tax Ballot Measures: Voters to Weigh in on Property Taxes, Wealth Taxes, and More
Even in this slow year for candidate elections, the decisions that voters in states and cities make could strengthen or weaken revenue for needs in their communities and could change…
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ITEP Work in Action
October 21, 2023Every Texan: Proposition 3 Will Maintain Texas’ Extreme Wealth Inequality
We all benefit when everyday Texans, regardless of where we live or what we look like, have a fair opportunity to prosper. Contrarily, a state tax system designed to favor… -
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October 23, 2018Washington Examiner: Think tank: Texas Isn’t a Low-tax State if You’re Poor
Carl Davis for the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy: [ M]any states traditionally considered to be “low-tax states” are actually high-tax for their poorest residents. The “low tax” label is typically assigned… -
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October 19, 2018CPPP: The Staggering Unfairness of Our State Tax System
Here’s one way to think about it: Families at the top of the income ladder receive 20 percent of all personal income in Texas, but pay only 8.5 percent of…
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October 17, 2018Low-Tax States Are Often High-Tax for the Poor
ITEP analysis reveals that many states traditionally considered to be “low-tax states” are actually high-tax for their poorest residents. The “low tax” label is typically assigned to states that either… -
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December 18, 2017Center for Public Policy Priorities: The National Dream Act: What’s at stake for Texas?
Researchers estimate that approximately 177,000 young Texas immigrants are potentially eligible for DACA, and they currently contribute a total of $241 million to local and state taxes annually through sales… -
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November 14, 2017House Tax Plan Offers an Exceptionally Bad Deal for California, New York, New Jersey, and Maryland
An ITEP analysis reveals that four states would see their residents pay more in aggregate federal personal income taxes under the House’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. While some individual…