‘Subsidies on top of subsidies’: Supply-siders push back on Paxton tax plan

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Supply-side economists are panning Texas Senate hopeful Ken Paxton‘s tax proposal, saying it cuts against the long-sought Republican goal of broadening the tax base while lowering overall rates.

Paxton, the attorney general of Texas who is running against Democratic state Rep. James Talarico in this year’s election, has released a plan to grant tax breaks for housing, healthcare, and children, aimed at voters upset about the cost of living.

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