Interests of a 30-Year-Old

A 30-year-old in Texas is in the peak family-formation squeeze — colliding peak housing-cost crisis, peak childcare-cost crisis, and peak student-loan-burden crisis. Cornyn's small-business plank, anti-tariff posture (which helps 30-year-old entrepreneurs whose suppliers cross the border), and 2017 TCJA framework that benefits younger income earners give him more 30-year-old credit than Paxton receives. Paxton's school-choice push affects this cohort's young kids, his gun-rights position appeals to the substantial slice of 30-year-old Texas men who hunt and value Second Amendment freedom, and his anti-regulatory posture appeals to entrepreneurs. But on the dominant 30-year-old concerns — housing, childcare, healthcare costs, parental leave — neither candidate has a published platform position.