AUSTIN – Last night, Austin City Council members voted to approve a new $3.9 billion budget for fiscal year 2018. The budget will raise taxes and fees for the typical Austin resident by $151.
“Austin city government continues to make Central Texas’ affordability problem worse,” said James Quintero, who leads the Think Local Liberty project at the Texas Public Policy Foundation. “The city’s mammoth $3.9 billion budget significantly increases taxes and fees for the average Austinite, making it that much more difficult for struggling families and businesses to make ends meet. It’s disingenuous for city officials to talk about Austin’s affordability problem while endlessly growing the burden of government.”
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James Quintero is director of the Center for Local Governance and leads the Think Local Liberty project at Texas Public Policy Foundation.
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