🧮 Eva DeLuna 📊
@DeLunaEva
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Born in a small town in Mexico, with big dreams of one day being a state budget analyst. Seriously? Of course not. Who in their right mind aspires to that?
Joined May 2012
Federal budget decisions affect millions of Americans. Here in Texas, federal taxes make up 33% of the #txbudget, and 15% of the state economy (GDP) through critical income, education, and health supports.
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RT @ENPancotti: What these toplines mean for federal spending cuts: - up to 28% cut to student aid - up to 15% cut to Medicaid - up to…
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RT @joshcowenMSU: A voucher by any other name is still a voucher. 20 years ago an aging Milton Friedman wrote in those WSJ pages that Hurri…
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RT @scottbraddock: On Texas property taxes: “The thing we’re trying to get people to understand is it’s not mom-and-pop shops and homeowner…
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RT @HorsleyScott: Consumer prices in January were up 3% from a year ago -- a bigger annual increase than the month before. Prices rose 0.5%…
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RT @KellyRasti: TEA Commissioner points out that Texas had already been “beating the pants off of” (😁) Alabama, Mississippi (so glad I’m ge…
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RT @CoxHerb: You have to ask yourself: Why are out of state billionaires pushing so hard to get their voucher scam passed in Texas? They st…
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RT @joshcowenMSU: It’d be a mistake to think of school vouchers and other privatization schemes as education or economic reform. These are…
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RT @TexasTribune: Texas universities could face funding cuts for health care research under new Trump administration policy.
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RT @JaimeBoswell2: I’m a Public School Advocate, we don’t dislike Private or other school choice which exists in Texas (has forever) we sim…
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RT @DrMattGutierrez: Despite ongoing attacks from anti-public school advocates, I remain steadfast in my commitment to championing public e…
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RT @ForrestViews: The private schools in my community cost $19k and $30k per year. That’s not a choice for the kids living in poverty in m…
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RT @FrankRHatcher: @Davy1836 As an Arizona resident, I’m sharing how school vouchers are working here. Spoiler: It’s a disaster. Arizona’…
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RT @TexasTribune: Two years after lawmakers created a $10 million program to address leaking wells in rural counties, none of the money has…
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RT @adam_wola: At the US-Mexico border: - 16,500 Border Patrol agents - 4,500 Texas National Guard - 3,600 active-duty military (soon) - 2,…
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RT @DonnaHowardTX: "emergency room visits due to influenza are up more than 15 percent. Hospitalizations are up 38 percent, and deaths due…
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RT @KellyRasti: SB 2 (ESA bill) provides an additional $1500 to the ESA for a student in private school if they qualify for special educati…
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RT @scottbraddock: "I just think it’s wrong that they are withholding the money from the public schools, and I believe that they should giv…
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RT @DonnaHowardTX: "Reducing recidivism is among priorities. Research has found such programs save $ that state would otherwise spend to re…
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RT @joshcowenMSU: ~75% voucher kids were already in private school anyway. The other 25% suffer horrific results after transfer. The last…
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RT @TheBackMic: Senator Miles on Senate floor showing a map of Houston private school locations w/ west side vs east side. Rich west side h…
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