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Hinojosa’s $1500 Check Proposal | San Antonio News
Texas gubernatorial hopeful Gina Hinojosa is rolling out a bold populist plan: $1,500 checks for every household if elected, funded by the state’s rainy day fund — a move she calls a “corruption tax refund” to combat the affordability crisis. Her campaign estimates the $17 billion cost would drain a significant chunk of the $24.8 billion fund, which she argues is being hoarded instead of circulating in the economy. She’s positioning this as an emergency day-one priority, hoping to win broad bipartisan support by framing it as a simple, direct return of taxpayer money. Meanwhile, incumbent…
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