Tax-Payers' Money Used for Pizza

An article written by Christopher Paxton explains how over $200,000 of tax money is being used to build a Gattiland in Taylor, Texas. His main audience would be citizens of Taylor because they are the ones who should be aware of this issue and could possibly do something about it. He is also a credible source because he is a Budget and Fiscal Policy Analyst for Empower Texans, so he is familiar on the topic. Paxton makes it clear that it is not fair to use tax-payers' money to make this pizza restaurant, especially when some of those tax-payers have their own pizza restaurants right down the street. I agree with him and believe that it is not fair that these restaurant owners are having their money be used for their competition. The justification for building this $200,000 Gattiland was that the area didn't have enough youth hangouts which leads to a weakness in the local economy. Although this might be true, I think that the people of Taylor, Texas should have been able to have a say in what would be built and where. I agree with Paxton when he says that it is unfair for the city to use taxpayer money to stimulate certain businesses and not others. This makes it unclear on which businesses get stimulated and which don't, and there should be a more fair method of choosing this. I also agree with Paxton when he says that the citizens of Taylor should want a change in the type of leadership they are getting. They need to understand that there are decisions being made that they may not know about and that may affect them in the future.