HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — State Representative Gina Hinojosa, the Democratic nominee for Texas governor, wants to give every Texas household $1,500.<\/p>\n
The money would come from the state’s rainy-day fund, which currently sits at more than $27 billion. It’s money, she says, that should go to the taxpayers who need it now.<\/p>\n
“That is $1,500 to every Texas household at a time when Texans are struggling in this high-cost economy,” she said at a press conference Tuesday morning in front of a grocery store in Houston’s Third Ward.<\/p>\n
Hinojosa would need 2\/3 of the state legislature- likely controlled by Republicans -to approve the move from what’s officially called the Economic Stabilization Fund, which gets its money primarily from oil & gas taxes.<\/p>\n
After giving the money to more than 11 million Texas households, the fund would still have an estimated $10 billion, she says.<\/p>\n
After the announcement, Hinojosa joined ABC13 in studio to continue the conversation.<\/p>\n
“People don’t believe government can work for them,” she said. ” I’ve lost trust in government, frankly. And so this is a way to give money to the people while we rebuild a government that works for them. “<\/p>\n
In a recent survey by the Texas Politics Project at the University of Texas, Texans were mixed in their assessment of Abbott’s handling of the economy.<\/p>\n
Overall, they were split down the middle with strong partisan feelings. But independents disapproved at a rate of more than 3 to 1.<\/p>\n
But since Governor Abbott first took office in 2015, the Texas economy has grown. According to the US Bureau of Economic Analysis, it’s up 46% adjusted for inflation over the last decade.<\/p>\n
Nonetheless, Hinojosa said she thinks her plan will resonate with Texans.<\/p>\n
“It is a different kind of proposal,” she said. “It’s unorthodox, especially for a Democrat to be proposing this? And I think in 2026, people will want something outside the usual. People want something different. People don’t want more of the same.”<\/p>\n
ABC13 reached out to Governor Abbott’s campaign several times for comment. As of late Tuesday afternoon, they had not responded.
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