Pornography, Fiscal Discipline, and the Texas Legislature

Over at Texas Observer, Olivia Messer publishes an "expose" of alleged "sexism" in the Texas Legislature; the otherwise hysterical article contains one gem:

Some told of senators ogling women on the Senate floor or watching porn on iPads and on state-owned computers. [Emphasis Ours]

This helps explain the budget.

One of our recurring themes at Cahnman's Musings is that discipline in your sexual 'expression' begets discipline in finances, and that lack of discipline in sexual matters begets profligacy.

It should surprise no one that Texas Legislators who lack the discipline to refrain from viewing pornography on the chamber floor also lack the disciple to act as prudent stewards of the people's money....