From_PRP a_AT0 fiscal_AJ0 standpoint_NN1 ,_PUN the_AT0 Texas_NP0 model_NN1 was_VBD less_AV0 highly_AV0 leveraged_AJ0 than_CJS many_DT0 blue_AJ0 states_NN2 ,_PUN primarily_AV0 because_CJS Texans_NN2 placed_VVD fewer_DT0 demands_NN2 on_PRP government_NN1 ._SENT Compared_VVN with_PRP California_NP0 and_CJC other_AJ0 blue_AJ0 states_NN2 ,_PUN Texas_NP0 kept_VVD its_DPS spending_NN1 low_AJ0 ._SENT It_PNP paid_VVD its_DPS public_AJ0 employees_NN2 relatively_AV0 low_AJ0 salaries_NN2 ,_PUN pensions_NN2 and_CJC other_AJ0 benefits_NN2 ,_PUN and_CJC offered_VVD the_AT0 poor_AJ0 modest_AJ0 social_AJ0 services_NN2 ,_PUN all_DT0 choices_NN2 that_CJT were_VBD more_AV0 defensible_AJ0 in_PRP light_NN1 of_PRF the_AT0 state_NN1 's_VBZ comparatively_AV0 low_AJ0 cost_NN1 of_PRF living_NN1 ._SENT These_DT0 choices_NN2 helped_VVD Texas_NP0 keep_VVI its_DPS long-term_AJ0 spending_NN1 commitments_NN2 ,_PUN and_CJC thus_AV0 its_DPS fiscal_AJ0 vulnerability_NN1 ,_PUN below_AV0 blue_AJ0 state_NN1 levels_NN2 ._SENT At_PRP the_AT0 same_DT0 time_NN1 ,_PUN the_AT0 Texas_NP0 model_NN1 involved_AJ0 trade-offs_NN2 and_CJC created_VVD its_DPS own_DT0 vulnerabilities_NN2 ._SENT Even_AV0 in_PRP times_NN2 of_PRF economic_AJ0 plenty_NN1 ,_PUN many_DT0 believed_VVD that_CJT the_AT0 state_NN1 's_POS tight_AJ0 budgets_NN2 created_VVN gaps_NN2 in_PRP its_DPS education_NN1 ,_PUN health_NN1 care_NN1 and_CJC welfare_NN1 systems_NN2 ,_PUN and_CJC allowed_VVD too_AV0 many_DT0 Texans_NN2 to_TO0 fall_VVI through_PRP a_AT0 relatively_AV0 thin_AJ0 safety_NN1 net_NN1 ._SENT Notably_AV0 ,_PUN not_XX0 all_DT0 such_DT0 assessments_NN2 came_VVD from_PRP the_AT0 left_NN1 ._SENT Without_PRP embracing_VVG the_AT0 progressive_AJ0 critique_NN1 of_PRF the_AT0 Texas_NP0 model_NN1 ,_PUN some_DT0 business-oriented_AJ0 conservatives_NN2 argued_VVD that_CJT state_NN1 's_VBZ tight_AV0 fiscal_AJ0 policies_NN2 caused_VVD the_AT0 state_NN1 to_TO0 cut_VVI corners_NN2 in_PRP areas_NN2 essential_AJ0 to_PRP its_DPS future_NN1 ._SENT In_PRP 2016_CRD ,_PUN Tom_NP0 Luce_NP0 ,_PUN a_AT0 prominent_AJ0 Dallas_NP0 lawyer_NN1 and_CJC former_DT0 assistant_AJ0 secretary_NN1 of_PRF education_NN1 under_PRP President_NP0 George_NP0 W_NP0 ._SENT Bush_NP0 ,_PUN founded_VVD Texas_NP0 2036_CRD ,_PUN a_AT0 business-backed_AJ0 organization_NN1 with_PRP a_AT0 mission_NN1 to_TO0 identify_VVI some_DT0 of_PRF the_AT0 greatest_AJS threats_NN2 to_PRP Texas_NP0 '_POS future_NN1 and_CJC to_TO0 seek_VVI solutions_NN2 to_PRP those_DT0 problems_NN2 ._SENT At_PRP the_AT0 time_NN1 he_PNP founded_VVD the_AT0 organization_NN1 ,_PUN Luce_NP0 recognized_VVD that_CJT Texas_NP0 faced_VVD a_AT0 serious_AJ0 challenge_NN1 educating_VVG a_AT0 workforce_NN1 for_PRP the_AT0 21st-century_AJ0 economy_NN1 ._SENT By_PRP 2036_CRD ,_PUN he_PNP noted_VVD ,_PUN the_AT0 state_NN1 's_POS much-expanded_AJ0 population_NN1 would_VM0 require_VVI millions_CRD of_PRF new_AJ0 jobs_NN2 ,_PUN many_DT0 of_PRF which_DTQ would_VM0 demand_VVI high_AJ0 levels_NN2 of_PRF education_NN1 and_CJC specialized_AJ0 skills_NN2 ._SENT For_PRP years_NN2 ,_PUN Texas_NP0 had_VHD imported_VVN knowledge_NN1 workers_NN2 ,_PUN including_PRP computer_NN1 programmers_NN2 ,_PUN engineers_NN2 and_CJC other_AJ0 highly_AV0 educated_AJ0 employees_NN2 from_PRP other_AJ0 states_NN2 and_CJC foreign_AJ0 countries_NN2 ._SENT Luce_NP0 and_CJC other_AJ0 business_NN1 leaders_NN2 argued_VVD that_CJT the_AT0 state_NN1 should_VM0 do_VDI more_AV0 to_TO0 prepare_VVI its_DPS own_DT0 residents_NN2 for_PRP these_DT0 types_NN2 of_PRF high-end_AJ0 jobs_NN2 ._SENT Similarly_AV0 ,_PUN they_PNP contended_VVD that_CJT Texas_NP0 should_VM0 make_VVI more_DT0 strategic_AJ0 investments_NN2 in_PRP other_AJ0 areas_NN2 ,_PUN including_PRP infrastructure_NN1 ;_PUN health_NN1 care_NN1 access_NN1 ,_PUN affordability_NN1 and_CJC outcomes_NN2 ;_PUN resource_NN1 conservation_NN1 and_CJC use_NN1 ;_PUN and_CJC modernization_NN1 of_PRF government_NN1 services_NN2 ._SENT In_PRP short_AJ0 ,_PUN powerful_AJ0 backers_NN2 of_PRF the_AT0 Texas_NP0 model_NN1 made_VVD the_AT0 case_NN1 that_CJT if_CJS that_DT0 model_NN1 is_VBZ to_TO0 succeed_VVI over_AVP the_AT0 long_AJ0 run_NN1 ,_PUN it_PNP must_VM0 adapt_VVI to_PRP the_AT0 changing_AJ0 needs_NN2 of_PRF a_AT0 swiftly_AV0 growing_AJ0 and_CJC diversifying_AJ0 society_NN1 ._SENT 
