claim: "it turns out that texas has an $18 billion budget shortfall and can't afford its new science textbooks."
author: stephen colbert
evidence_1: apr 18, 2016 ... how much money a school can spend on its students still depends, in large part,  ... other districts may have, simply because we can't afford them," says ridge ...  for yourself — and find out what schools are spending where you live. ... afford a  year-round art teacher or new textbooks depends at least in part ...
evidence_2: jan 11, 2011 ... perry: in 2003, texas cut "$10 billion out of the entire budget, yet we put ...  stephen colbert: "it turns out that texas has an $18 billion budget shortfall and  can't afford its new science ... we let that one slide, but jumped on colbert's claim  that the state couldn't afford to buy new textbooks for science classes.
evidence_3: may 11, 2015 ... it suggested that a huge proportion had received care that was ... of unnecessary  care in mcallen, texas, a community with some of the ... by contrast, i can't  remember anyone i sent for an unnecessary ct scan .... more than a third of the  population turns out to have these tiny ...... business, science & tech.
evidence_4: stephen colbert · "it turns out that texas has an $18 billion budget shortfall and  can't afford its new science textbooks." — politifact texas on friday, july 23rd, ...
evidence_5: republicans wish their recent speakers were as ruthless as nancy pelosi is. ...  with the new york delegation, but she showed that going against her has  consequences. ... back to work without pay — part of a group of about 800,000  federal workers .... the agenda -- check out politico's latest issue of the  agenda, which ...