OFFICIAL UPDATE2 min read
Today, President Donald J. Trump returns to Texas with a record to match the visit: tax relief in workers’ pockets, the most secure border in a generation, safer streets, and a surge of private investment creating new American jobs across the state. President Trump’s Working Families Tax Cuts put money back in Texans’ pockets. No Tax on Overtime: Approximately one in four Texas workers no longer pay federal income taxes on qualifying overtime pay. No Tax on Social Security: About four million Texas seniors benefit from the new senior deduction. Bigger Refunds: Texas taxpayers saw average refunds of $4,344 — the second-highest in the nation. Rural Health Investments: Texas secured about $281 million in first-year Rural Health Transformation Program funding. Protecting Jobs and Wages: The Working Families Tax Cuts safeguarded 547,000 Texas jobs, $107 billion in state GDP, and $51 billion in workers’ wages. Violent crime is falling across the state as a result of President Trump’s law-and-order agenda. Violent crime fell 13% last year, including a 13% drop in murder and 11% drop in rape. The top 25 most…