Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against Harris County, Texas, over their revised guaranteed income program, Uplift Harris. Paxton claims the program violates the Texas Constitution and Supreme Court rulings, calling it an 'unlawful welfare scheme'. The original program faced legal challenges and was struck down by the Texas Supreme Court, leading to revisions that restrict spending on essential needs.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced last week that he is suing Harris County over their revised guaranteed income program. In a press release, Paxton slammed the 'welfare scheme' and called the program 'unlawful.' ' Harris County acts as though the Texas Constitution does not apply to them and as though they do not have to abide by the Texas Supreme Court’s rulings,' Paxton said. 'Using public funds in this way directly violates the law.
Menefee previously told Fox News Digital that the original version of the Uplift Harris was 'legal' and that county officials were able to 'create a new program with spending restrictions to address politically charged challenges brought by Republican officials.' When the changes to the program were approved last month, Hidalgo called out 'political posturing' of Texas state leaders. 'They were extremely late and inconsistent in fighting against it.
The Texas Supreme Court already ruled this program as unconstitutional, so this lawsuit is no surprise,' Ramsey told Fox News Digital in response to Paxton's lawsuit. 'I warned my fellow colleagues about the potential issues of circumventing the ruling, and now we’ll have to waste more taxpayer dollars on fighting this. I’ve consistently voted no against this program because not only does it fall outside of the county’s purview of responsibilities,' he added.
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