going to have to change. Young people and many Latinos are going to have to break themselves of their non-voting habit. Turning Texas blue is a long-haul project and the Google guys WILL lose some fights along the way. Team Donkey has to get more organized and much better at turning out the troops for early voting and Election Day.
Immigration and integration are important issues, but we also need to talk more about breakfast table issues. The Repuds have not only been tearing up our social safety net, but yanking out the steps on the ladders people used to better their lives. The Radical Right’s jihad against abortion threatens maternal and infant care across huge swaths of rural Texas. Our electric grid isn’t up to the strain of changing winters and blazing summers.
We also need to bust up the myths about “Private Enterprise.” So-called “free market solutions” have been touted as a snake-oil cure for all problems, and right-wing politicians and right-wing ivory tower ideologues ignore the fact that not only are there some areas investors aren’t interested in—like healthcare for all and repairing decaying infrastructure—but their owners’ first obligation is to their lenders and shareholders, not the common good.
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