https://www.facebook.com/kwtxnews10/videos/live-gov-abbott-discusses-plans-for-school-choice/595349586394746/
"Texas will have the opportunity to consider re-purposing that money for other purposes. It could be for education, could be for property tax cuts, sending it back to the people of the state of Texas." -- Abbott
https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/politics/inside-politics/texas-politics/school-choice-will-be-senate-bill-2-behind-the-budget-and-lieutenant-governor-says-he-has-the-votes/287-af18c12f-eb49-4da4-a4cf-8515bd95d9a5
""Well, we're going to be able to take a lot of that money now and put it back to our taxpayers, for roads, for water, for education, for healthcare, for all the things that we need that Joe Biden forced us to spend because he was letting millions of people cross the border." -- Patrick
"I don't know that we've gotten a great bang for our buck on some of it." -- Rep. Gary VanDeaver
https://www.texastribune.org/2024/11/15/texas-border-security-funding-potential-cutback/
Good for our State budget once Trump takes over.

good.

the feds have repeatedly said over and over that securing the border is a federal thing.

let the feds (meaning the other states that do not sit on the border as well) pay for it.

we can always choose to supplement said payment if we want to.

Yes, I think abbot has been assuming Texas will be reimbursed for their troubles on the border and now the feds will start picking up the tab, or a lot of it

Texas has spent $9 billion on the border. We should be reimbursed with interest while the fed takes up security funds.

Why is this even a thread?

Well I guess it's time for my county to increase home prices if they're cutting property taxes.

The money the state spent on busing the illegals to blue cities was the best bang for the buck. It has a lot to do with Harris losing the election.

It is unfortunate that our state was forced to use state funds to do the federal government's job. And not just do it, but to have them fight back for us doing their job. I will never forget this treason -

Good. Texas never should have had to pay a dime for this. They should honestly be paying Texas back.
As the courts and various Feds have said, border security is a federal responsibility.

Border wall construction continues in Maverick County.

Day and night, Texas is building mile after mile of our historic border wall.

We won’t stop until the border is secure. pic.twitter.com/VHXDecB5WO

— Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) November 21, 2024