Let’s not let the Texas budget surplus burn a hole in our pockets | Opinion
However, in our Constitution and in legal statute, the voters of Texas and the Legislature, respectively, have implemented strict spending growth limits from one budget cycle to the next. There is a personal-income-growth limit and a population-plus-inflation limit, both of which predict a 12.3% growth over this biennium, which ends this fall.
These spending limits are good government. Just because the money is there doesn’t mean it needs to be spent. We need to continue to have money set aside to invest in needed infrastructure, disaster relief, border protection, future economic downturns and more. These spending limits force the Legislature to prepare for these all-but-certain needs.
Rep. Greg Bonnen chairs the House Appropriations Committee. A neurosurgeon from Friendswood, Bonnen is one of the most thoughtful and respected members of the House. I came into the Texas House with Greg in 2013, and was seated by him on the House floor. I served on the Appropriations Committee with him before he became the chairman.
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