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#Texas House's 2016-17 budget plan = $209.8 billion, about $7.7 billion higher than current, 2014-15 budget #txlege #HB1
— Kiah Collier (@KiahCollier) March 24, 2015
That's a staggering number (which is being increased under the most conservative legislature ever). And that's just for the state government. It doesn't include county or municipalities or school districts. As I've said before, government employees are critical to our economy and we are far more socialists than anyone wants to believe.
