Why does Texas want to kill guaranteed income, but fund school vouchers? [View all]

Earlier this month, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued to quash Harris County’s guaranteed income program, arguing the Texas Constitution prohibits counties or cities from “granting public money or thing of value in aid of or to any individual.”

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Paxton’s lawsuit to axe Uplift Harris, which he describes as a “welfare scheme” and "socialist experiment," comes while Texas pushes for a controversial education savings account program, also known as school vouchers. These accounts use taxpayer money to help parents pay for their children's private school tuition.

So, what's the difference between these two publicly funded state programs?

According to Southern Methodist University political science professor Calvin Jillson, Paxton’s lawsuit is “clearly political."

“If it’s mostly a lottery, it's probably more difficult to defend,” Jillson told Chron. “There are all kinds of programs in which public money goes towards private individuals, and the question is whether or not those programs are structured to provide judicial scrutiny. And sometimes programs are, and other times they're struck down.”

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You little weasel.🤬