Yesterday, The Next Right talked up the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s new website, TexasBudgetSource.com, which compiles Texas transparency data in one place.

Talmadge Heflin, from the Texas Public Policy Foundation, wrote:

This week, the Texas Public Policy Foundation launched a new website, www.TexasBudgetSource.com. Texas Budget Source supplements “Where the Money Goes” with detailed budget analysis of state expenditures over the past 20 years, links to the online check registers of more than 150 Texas school districts, lists of counties and cities that have posted their budget information online, and more.

While Texas taxpayers are busy earning a living, taking care of their families, and paying their taxes, they deserve to know that their tax dollars are being used judiciously by the state and local governments that are spending them. www.TexasBudgetSource.com empowers more of Texas’ 24.1 million residents to become taxpayer watchdogs, making government more transparent and accountable for its spending and tax practices.

With these tools in the hands of taxpayers, elected officials in all levels of government should quickly get the message: “If you can’t defend it, don’t spend it!”

Great work!

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