Every high school senior takes a required course in economics. The primary objective of the course, repeatedly stated in the TEKS, is to teach the benefits of the free enterprise system. However, the legislature is not practicing what it preaches.
In a free enterprise system, low taxes and light regulation encourage the growth of business, which benefits society through job creation and increased tax collections. The formula has mostly worked. People have been moving to Texas in droves.
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