It is time to ban taxpayer-funded lobbying and defund corrupt special interests.
Taxpayer-funded lobbying promotes higher taxes, more spending, and bigger government. The 89th Texas Legislature should ban the practice.
Key points:
- The practice of taxpayer-funded lobbying violates the principles of constitutional order and limited government.
- Local governments that spend tax dollars to hire lobbyists oftentimes do so for the purpose of securing higher taxes, more spending, and greater regulatory authority.
- In 2023, local governments spent as much as $98.6 million to hire contract lobbyists—an increase from $75 million in 2021.