Should Texas implement a state income tax.

          A tax is a compulsory contribution to state revenue, levied by the government on workers' Income and business profits or added to the cost of some goods, services, and transactions. State income tax is a way the state government levy taxes on their residents' income as well as their businesses and investments.  Currently, seven states which includes Alaska, Florida, Nevada, South Dakota, Texas, Washington, and Wyoming has imposed no income tax whatsoever on their citizens. Two other states, Tennessee and New Hampshire, have no tax on wages or business income, reserving taxes only for investment income from dividends and interest.  Most people believe that enforcing state income taxes help in the growth of the economy of such state but have neglected the impact of such decisions on the income of the resident and the cost of living in such state. I believe that Texas should not implement income tax on its resident because of the Standard of living, income of the residents and the migration pattern in Texas.  

           However, when comparing Texas with some other state that implemented state income tax, you will agree with me that the cost of living in Texas is low in the sense that things are much affordable here in Texas in terms of education, housing and other things; an average person can easily survive in Texas than most states with income tax.  Most people are able to survive here because of there is no such taxes cutting on their monthly income thereby making the standard of living obtainable by most people.

            Also, Texas should not implement state income tax because of the population growth (migration pattern) in the sense that most states with no income tax have a big competitive advantage over their taxing counterparts.  That is most of those states had above-average population growth. Nevada grew by the largest percentage of any state, while Texas had the biggest raw population gain over the decade.  This shows that lots of people might prefer to live in a tax free state than a state with state income tax as well as high standard of living.

             Last but not the least, the income of Texans is very low having the minimum wage of $7.25 per hour when compared to states who pay state income tax like Massachusetts having a minimum wage of $15 per hour. An average Texan with a family, working 40 hours a week and receives the minimum wage might not be able to afford extra tax after having the Federal income tax, social security tax and Medicare deducted from his income.  In other words, the State's minimum wage has to increase for it to levy state tax.

              In conclusion, all other things being equal, most people might gravitate to states with no income tax having an affordable standard of living despite the low income. If these trend continues, then high-tax states might find themselves facing significant difficulty in attracting the people they need in order to promote growth

Perry expected to call up National Guard to Rio Grande Valley

            on July 21, 2014, the Texas Fred blog wrote  "Perry expected to call up National Guard to Rio Grande Valley".  America has been battling with illegal immigrant coming from various part of the world, and have even given amnesty to some illegal immigrants in the past.  Many of us, if not all of us will acknowledge that the issue of illegal immigrants coming from the border might not stop unless something is done about it.  This commentary confirms that Gov. Rick Perry is expected to announce that he will activate up to 1000 Texas national guard troops to the Rio Grande valley, as confirmed by the state's senator Juan “Chuy” Hinojosa, D-McAllen.                
           The purpose  of these troops is to reinforce the work already being done with the surge of Texas department of public safety troopers.  This decision is good when it comes to securing the Texas border, but it also means that it is the responsibility of the state to pay the salaries of the troops, feed, clothe and equip those troops and everything else that goes into a call-up of the Guard. The question being, will these guard  troops who will only secure Texas border stop the surge of illegal immigrants?  This is the reason why the federal government need to intervene in this issue of border protection not just in Texas, this also goes for the states of New Mexico, Arizona and California.  
                  The Federal government has the obligation to protect the U.S border from end to end.  I believe the audience are the residents of the United States as well as the Government officials especially the federal government as the writer pointed out saying "I don’t blame this failure to secure the border solely on Barack Hussein Obama; he is not alone in this. No U.S. President has done much of anything to secure the border for several decades now" The writer is claiming that no U.S government has not done anything serious in the past to protect the U.S border. As a matter of fact, the writer noted that "Let me point this out to those not knowing; the Texas Counties along the Rio Grande, from Brownsville to El Paso are under the control of Hispanic Texas Democrats and the state and U.S. Representatives from all along the border are very sympathetic to the illegals that are flooding Texas, and thus the USA, and will fight tooth and nail to keep the borders open allowing the invasion to continue" I don't agree with the writer on this in the sense that not all Hispanic Texas Democrats may support illegal immigrants, and i believe the U.S government and Texas government are addressing the issue at hand.  
Work sited, TexasFred, "Perry expected to call up National Guard to Rio Grande Valley" The TexasFred blog.

A love letter to Texas women in politics, for Grace Garcia

on June 3, 2014, letters from Texas wrote an article titled "A love letter to Texas women in politics, for Grace Garcia". This article is actually talking about woman and their contribution to Texas state and local government also in the United State as a whole. It also tells us the role women had played in the society in terms of participating in the politics of both the present and past governing system. The author exhibited some credibility when he mentioned some past and present women who have in one way or the other been a leader in Texas as well as the United States.  A few prime examples: Mary Beth Rogers, Ann Richards’ chief of staff. Cecile Richards, founding Executive Director of Texas Freedom Network, and now President of Planned Parenthood. Samantha Smoot, former Executive Director of Texas Freedom Network. Deirdre Delisi, Rick Perry’s former chief of staff. Sarah Floerke, field director of Greg Abbott’s campaign for governor.  The author sees these women in government as dedicated to their duties and has achieved their goals successfully and diligently.  Especially with the fact that women has to be twice as good as a man for them to be noticed and their voice heard in the affairs of government, they are still strong and consistently demonstrating that they earn their seats at the table and will do great if they are much in politics as well. They have also worked harder to achieve political and policy objectives successfully. This article also indicates how women in the past has contributed a great deal to the state; woman like Grace Garcia who was a leader with collections of experience, skills and smart that no one will compete with, she was also dedicated in raising other women in the society and contributing to the welfare of the community as well.
         There are lots of evidence to this in our today's society.  Many women have stood strong in their various family, raising their children alone. Apart from in the society, many women have automatically became the head of their family, making sure their children and every member of their household get the best in the society. This article was written to remind woman their value in the society, appreciate them and also as the remembrance of Grace Garcia.  Work sited, Harold cook "A love letter to Texas women in politics, for Grace Garcia" Letters from Texas.

Texas democrats divided over bill targeting border crisis.

Tuesday July 15, 2015, the Texas tribune posted a news titled Texas democrats divided over bill targeting border crisis.

For quite some time now, the issue of illegal immigrants has been one of the issue being addressed by Americans.  The recent unaccompanied children crossing into the United States through Texas border has been one issues dividing Texas border lawmakers.  The U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Laredo, and U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, a Republican, filed a bill stating the helping of this illegal immigrant with equality under the law as well as reuniting them with their family irrespective of where they come from. According to the writer, this measure would amend a 2008 provision in the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act that requires unaccompanied minors coming to the U.S. from Central America receive greater legal protections than those from Mexico or Canada. The issue is that those illegal immigrants from Central America might in recent year face deportation and how is it possible for the United State to treat minors who are probably between the age bracket of 8-14 years, who knows little or nothing about the law and in many case without an attorney in an unfair manner by sending them back to their previous condition which no one knows if it is dangerous to their health.  Currently the law mandates that the Department of Homeland Security process the Central American minors before handing them over to the Department of Health and Human Services and the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), which places the children with a relative or guardian until they appear before a judge. Most time the wait could be 3 to 4 years but the legislation has ordered for additional 40 immigration lawyers to help hasten the process before any action can be taken.  I really enjoyed reading this article because i'm a legal immigrant and i understand how lots of people from all over the world wants to live in the United State. Work sited  Julián Aguilar, "Texas democrats divided over bill targeting border crisis". The Texas tribune July 15, 2014.