That's politics. Does it make them more fiscally responsible or opportunists? I don't know. I'll let people be the judge of that. But if you look at our budget, We have five spending constraints. We are underneath all of those, including growing the budget beyond population plus inflation. A bill that we passed in 2019, historic, something I fought for the first two sessions I was here. We have five different spending restraints. We do not have deficit spending. (07:15–07:24)
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Asserts that Texas's budget adheres to five spending constraints, including limits on growth beyond population and inflation.
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