Vote Recommendation | Economic Freedom | Property Rights | Personal Responsibility | Limited Government | Individual Liberty |
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No | Negative | Neutral | Neutral | Negative | Neutral |
While
we can agree that protecting local jobs is important to our economy we should
not undermine the free market system and increase government influence to do
so. SB 408 seeks to increase the special privilege of county-based businesses
by allowing up to a 2% greater buffer in contract bids over businesses located outside of the county regardless of whether or not
they could perform the same level of work. Instead of using government to
secure special privileges for local businesses, Texas should allow open bidding on the free market to drive down costs without forsaking quality
in the name of awarding contracts to locally based businesses.