Families today face crushing taxes, job competition from visa programs (117,910 Harris County graduates competing against imported labor), cultural erosion, and disaster vulnerabilities. Our platform addresses these threats through interconnected solutions—using waste efficiencies to enable tax elimination, education reform to counter visa competition, and rural initiatives to bridge health and disaster response gaps.

These four principles guide our entire platform, with each policy reinforcing multiple principles simultaneously. For example, eliminating property taxes serves Family Freedom by removing burdens, Economic Prosperity by allowing wealth-building, Texas Identity by preserving homeownership traditions, and Trust & Accountability by redirecting government focus from taxing homes to growing business.

This reform addresses a fundamental injustice: families being taxed out of homes they've already purchased. Property taxes force Texans to effectively rent their homes from government perpetually, undermining true ownership and jeopardizing retirement security. The current system hits hardest those on fixed incomes who face rising tax bills despite no increase in their ability to pay.

The plan ensures fiscal sustainability by linking tax elimination to corresponding commercial shifts and efficiency measures. Rather than simply cutting revenue, we're creating a more aligned system where taxation follows economic activity and profit rather than taxing unrealized home values.

This policy represents the single largest tax cut in Texas history, returning $44.1 billion directly to family budgets while simultaneously driving government efficiency. The reform interconnects with our job creation initiatives in energy (50,000 jobs) and firearms/defense (35,000 jobs), creating a virtuous cycle of prosperity. Eliminating this burden ensures families can build wealth, secure retirement, and pass down a legacy without government interference.

This tax elimination enables education funding reform, supports homestead protections, is made possible by waste efficiencies, enforces budget discipline, contributes to energy affordability, and helps protect Texas jobs from visa competition. The result is a Texas where families truly own their homes and control their financial destinies.

This policy complements residential tax elimination by creating a sustainable funding source that aligns with economic activity. Unlike homes, commercial properties generate income that can be used to pay taxes, and these taxes are deductible business expenses. The massive $1.47 trillion commercial property base provides ample capacity to offset residential elimination while still maintaining Texas's business-friendly environment.

The plan carefully balances the need for sustainable government funding with Texas's commitment to business growth. By linking rate adjustments to hiring incentives for Texas residents, we create a virtuous cycle where tax policy drives job creation for local families. Spending caps ensure discipline, preventing local governments from simply raising rates to fund unnecessary expansion.

This policy creates a more rational tax system where those generating economic activity and profit shoulder the burden, rather than retirees on fixed incomes. The commercial shift enables an estimated 15% increase in Texas hiring as businesses respond to incentives, driving family prosperity while maintaining government services. When combined with our energy and defense initiatives, this creates a powerful economic engine that will raise wages and living standards across the state.

These interconnections ensure that the shift is not just sustainable but transformative—driving job creation, funding education, supporting entrepreneurship, enabling efficiency measures, and protecting Texas culture by prioritizing opportunities for Texas residents over visa holders.

This reform addresses the fundamental disconnect between how government spends money and what families actually need. When families have no direct say in budgeting, spending drifts toward special interests and administrative bloat rather than core services. By putting Texans in control of prioritization, we ensure that limited resources focus on what matters most to families: safe roads, good schools, public safety, and essential infrastructure.

This policy transforms government from an opaque bureaucracy to a transparent service provider directly accountable to families. The estimated $14.7 billion in annual savings enables our residential tax elimination while the reprioritization ensures essential services receive proper funding. Equally important, the reform rebuilds trust between citizens and government by creating unprecedented transparency and involvement in spending decisions.

This web of interconnections demonstrates how putting families in control of spending creates ripple effects throughout government, driving accountability and efficiency while ensuring resources flow to what Texans truly value.

Our education system is failing too many Texas children, ranking 33rd nationally while still relying on an industrial-age model that moves students based on age rather than mastery. Meanwhile, H-1B and OPT visa programs create unfair competition for graduates. This reform fundamentally reimagines education to prepare Texas children for success against global competition while giving parents control over their children's learning journey.

This reform transforms Texas education from a system that leaves us ranked 33rd nationally to one that leads the country in innovation and results. The $10,000 vouchers empower over 1 million students with educational choices while mastery-based credentials ensure genuine competency. By preparing students to compete effectively against visa holders, we protect future prosperity while giving every child the opportunity to develop their unique talents and pursue their dreams.

Educational choice parallels our homestead freedoms, applying the same principles of family control to children's futures. The career pathways created align with our energy and firearms initiatives, ensuring Texans are trained for the 85,000 jobs these sectors will generate. This web of connections demonstrates how education reform strengthens every aspect of our platform.

This reform addresses the fundamental injustice of funding education through property taxes, which punish homeowners regardless of income and create vast inequities between wealthy and poor districts. By shifting to consumption-based funding, we create a more stable, fair system that ensures quality education regardless of local property values while removing an enormous burden from homeowners, particularly retirees on fixed incomes who face rising tax bills despite no increase in their ability to pay.

This reform delivers dual benefits: stable, adequate funding for education while freeing homeowners from the burden of school property taxes. The $40 billion+ in reliable revenue ensures Texas schools have the resources they need, while the consumption-based approach spreads costs more fairly across the population. Low-income rebates prevent regressive effects, while the break from property values means families can improve their homes without fear of tax penalties.

The policy supports family financial security by eliminating unpredictable property tax increases, aligns with our crowd-sourced budgeting to ensure education dollars are spent efficiently, and complements waste reform efficiencies that lower overall government costs. This integrated approach ensures education receives stable funding while families are protected from burdensome taxation.

This reform addresses the bureaucratic barriers that prevent families from fully utilizing their land and homes for economic opportunity. With small businesses making up 80% of Texas enterprises, streamlining regulations and reducing fees directly impacts family prosperity. The Homestead Freedom Act builds on Texas's strong property rights tradition by protecting landowners from overreach while creating new opportunities for home-based entrepreneurship, particularly in rural areas.

This reform unleashes entrepreneurial energy across Texas by removing barriers that prevent families from fully utilizing their property for economic opportunity. The resulting boom in home-based businesses creates jobs, builds wealth, and strengthens communities. With 80% of Texas businesses already classified as small enterprises, streamlining regulations and reducing fees directly impacts economic growth while preserving family control of land and livelihoods.

The act also creates opportunities in our growing energy and firearms sectors, where many components and services can be provided by home-based businesses. Finally, it ties to water freedom by ensuring landowners maintain control of resources essential for both business and family use.

This reform addresses the costly and ineffective prohibition approach that wastes $250 million annually while diverting law enforcement from serious crime. By creating a balanced framework that respects personal choice at home while maintaining public order, we can redirect resources to public safety priorities. Unlike Colorado's commercialized approach, our Texas model focuses on personal freedom and responsibility rather than creating a new industry.

This reform creates a balanced approach that respects personal liberty while maintaining public order and family-friendly communities. The $200 million in savings from reduced enforcement can be redirected to violent crime prevention and property crime investigation, enhancing public safety. By avoiding Colorado's commercialized approach, we prevent the emergence of an industry while still respecting adult choices in private settings.

The policy also builds voter trust by demonstrating respect for liberty and personal responsibility, consistent with our transparent approach to governance and election integrity. By taking a balanced approach rather than following Colorado's commercialized model, we protect Texas values while respecting individual freedom.

This reform addresses the vital issue of water access for Texas families and farms, particularly in rural areas where agriculture accounts for 60% of the 15 million acre-feet used annually. By decentralizing control to local districts that understand regional needs, we prevent urban-centric policies that disadvantage rural communities. The framework protects property rights by ensuring landowners maintain control of water resources while creating market mechanisms for efficient allocation.

This reform transforms water management from a centralized, often corrupt system to one based on local knowledge, market efficiency, and property rights. By empowering communities to manage their own resources, we prevent urban interests from dictating rural water policy. The 15 million acre-feet of water used annually will be allocated more efficiently, with conservation incentives ensuring sustainable use while property rights protections give landowners security in their access.

The framework shares our deregulatory approach with hazardous waste reform, creating consistent policy for industries dependent on water resources. It also aligns with crowd-sourced budgeting by empowering local communities to set priorities for water infrastructure and conservation measures. Together, these interconnections create a system that secures water access for Texas families while encouraging responsible use.

This reform addresses the critical issues of energy reliability and affordability exposed during Winter Storm Uri, when millions of Texans faced life-threatening blackouts. Despite producing 25% of U.S. energy, Texas can do more to ensure family security through a robust, diverse energy portfolio. By streamlining regulations while maintaining environmental standards, we can unlock tremendous economic potential while creating tens of thousands of jobs for Texas residents rather than visa holders.

This policy transforms Texas energy security while creating an economic boom that benefits families through both job creation and lower costs. The addition of 10GW of nuclear capacity ensures reliable power for 2 million homes while expansion in oil and gas creates 50,000 Texas jobs with $5 billion in new revenue. Grid improvements reduce blackout risks by 80%, protecting families during extreme weather while export capacity generates $2 billion annually to fund other priorities.

The policy also strengthens rural communities by providing reliable power for healthcare, broadband, and emergency response systems. These interconnections demonstrate how energy independence drives prosperity across our entire platform, creating security for families while generating economic opportunity.

This reform addresses both constitutional rights and economic opportunity by expanding Texas's role in firearms and defense industries. Building on our strong heritage of self-reliance and security, we can transform the current $2 billion sector into a major economic driver while ensuring Texans maintain their Second Amendment freedoms. Through strategic investments and regulatory reforms, we can create tens of thousands of high-wage manufacturing jobs while positioning Texas as a leader in defense innovation.

This policy creates dual benefits: strengthening constitutional rights while generating massive economic opportunity. The combined 35,000 jobs in firearms and defense manufacturing provide high-wage opportunities for Texas families, while the $10 billion in economic activity by 2035 funds other priorities. The Self-Defense Shield reduces wrongful prosecutions by 50%, ensuring Texans can protect their families without fear of legal persecution. These reforms position Texas as the national leader in both Second Amendment rights and defense innovation.

These interconnections demonstrate how defending constitutional rights and developing defense industries strengthens our entire platform, creating both security and prosperity for Texas families while preserving our cultural heritage of self-reliance and independence.

This reform addresses the critical issue of visa programs that disadvantage Texas graduates in their own job market. With 5,824 H-1B visa applications in Houston alone competing against 117,910 Harris County graduates, many young Texans struggle to find employment in fields dominated by visa holders. Beyond economics, concentrated immigration can create cultural enclaves that fundamentally alter Texas communities and voting patterns. Our policy ensures Texas jobs go to Texas residents while protecting our unique cultural identity.

This policy creates unprecedented opportunity for Texas families by ensuring our own residents receive priority in both government and private sector employment. The projected 15% increase in local hiring translates to tens of thousands of additional jobs for Texas graduates, while the reservation of 100% of government positions ensures public service reflects Texas values. Beyond economics, the policy preserves our unique cultural identity and political stability by preventing concentrated demographic shifts that fundamentally alter communities.

The policy also protects election integrity by maintaining demographic balance and ensures environmental compliance positions go to Texans with local knowledge under our waste reform initiatives. These interconnections demonstrate how prioritizing Texas families strengthens every aspect of our platform while preserving our unique cultural identity.

This reform addresses the critical healthcare and disaster response gaps facing rural Texas communities, where 20% of counties lack hospitals and many families face hours-long drives for basic care. Recent events like the Sandy Creek Flood of 2025 demonstrated how vulnerable these communities are during emergencies. By integrating healthcare access with disaster preparedness under a unified approach, we ensure rural families receive equitable services despite geographic challenges.

This policy transforms rural healthcare and disaster response from afterthoughts to priorities, ensuring that geographic location doesn't determine quality of care or emergency support. The initiative connects 500,000 households to reliable broadband, creates 5,000 rural jobs, and attracts $500 million in investment while reducing healthcare spending by 15% through efficiency measures. By cutting medication shortages by 50% and providing real-time disaster alerts, we ensure rural families receive the support they need when they need it most.

The initiative shares our deregulatory approach with waste reform, enabling health technology innovation while maintaining safety standards. It also supports education reform by providing the broadband infrastructure necessary for remote learning options. Together, these interconnections ensure rural Texans receive equitable services and opportunities despite geographic challenges.

This reform addresses growing concerns about election security, particularly with mail-in voting that comprised 11% of ballots in 2020. As demographic shifts accelerate due to immigration, ensuring election integrity becomes increasingly vital for maintaining Texas's political traditions and values. By implementing paper ballots, precinct-level counting, and full auditability, we restore complete confidence in our democratic processes while preventing fraud and manipulation that could undermine family voices.

This policy transforms our elections from systems with significant vulnerabilities to virtually fraud-proof processes that restore complete public confidence. By eliminating the 11% of mail-in ballots that create security concerns and implementing paper ballots with local counting, we ensure every legitimate vote counts while preventing manipulation. The reforms maintain Texas's unique political voice by ensuring only eligible voters participate, creating a foundation of trust that strengthens our democratic processes regardless of outcomes.

The policy also strengthens rural communities by preventing their votes from being overwhelmed by urban centers through precinct-level counting. These interconnections demonstrate how secure, transparent elections form the backbone of our entire platform by ensuring government genuinely represents the will of Texas families.

This reform addresses the excessive regulatory burden created by complex TCEQ rules and 450-day permitting processes that have seen fees rise 45% since 2021. The current system benefits large waste handlers while punishing small businesses and raising costs throughout the economy. By creating tiered regulations based on risk and volume, streamlining permits, supporting small handlers, and increasing transparency, we can reduce costs by 20-30% while maintaining environmental protection.

This policy transforms waste management from a bureaucratic burden into an efficient system that protects the environment while supporting economic growth. The 20-30% cost savings translate to hundreds of millions annually across the economy, funding wage increases and business expansion. Small operations benefit particularly from 50% fee reductions and grants, while larger industries gain from streamlined permitting and waste reduction credits. Environmental protection improves through incentivized minimization while regulatory clarity drives innovation in waste handling technologies.