How Successful Has Texas Been in Curtailing Government Growth and Spending

question 39

Multiple Choice

How successful has Texas been in curtailing government growth and spending?

• A) It has been very successful. Though government spending has increased over the past decade, it has only increased by 30 percent, far lower than the average for other states.
• B) Efforts to reduce spending on health care and welfare have been successful, though Texas has increased educational spending and it now spends well above the national average.
• C) Except for the 2003 and 2011 budget crises, efforts to slow growth have met with only marginal success as a result of federal mandates and opposition by Texans unwilling to lose services.
• D) Though there have been few efforts to cut unnecessary spending , Texas has managed to limit the growth of government parallel to the growth in population.
• E) Texas was very successful in cutting wasteful spending, but overall attempts to slow growth have been moderately successful, with spending increasing by only 20 percent since 2003.

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