TLDR, because it and Florida desperately try to break muricaland apart and be their own countrys.

Lol, just look at their power grid.

Texas has a higher cost of living than California because they don’t have income tax, so they make up for it with sales taxes and fees.

That pushes more of the burden of running the state to those who can least afford it.

The wealthy have it made in Texas.

Because states with the least amount of demand for regulation allow the greatest profit for ceos and such. Of course this is at the expense of their workers health…