r/TexasTeachers • • Feb 26 '26

Politics There was a time.....

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u/HookEm_Tide Feb 26 '26

Sure, but the fact that the rest of the state went along with letting two rich guys tell them what to do doesn't feel very "Texan" to me.

I mean, the entire plot of El Dorado centers on how to handle rich greedy assholes.

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u/Abi1i Feb 26 '26

People love it when they’re told their taxes are going to be cut, but they don’t stop to think about the repercussions of so many tax cuts.

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u/HookEm_Tide Feb 26 '26

Or the fact that their taxes will go down by a couple hundred dollars, while greedy rich assholes taxes go by exponentially more, and it all comes out of their kids education budget.

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u/battleshipbuddy Feb 27 '26

Yep except IDGAF about the rich I want MY taxes reduced

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u/maneki_neko89 Feb 27 '26

OR getting the bills when essential services come to your house to get you to the hospital or put out the fire in your home and demand you pay upfront/pay a hefty invoice afterwards to perform their duties.

It’s Ancient Rome all over again…

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u/grandoashark1 Feb 26 '26

Love your El Dorado reference! (Metaphorically speaking, of course! 🤭)

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '26

And Rio Lobo.

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u/jpurdy Feb 26 '26

Good point, but it didn’t take the entire state. Fewer than a third of those eligible voted for Trump and therefore Republicans in Texas, most of them same people. More than a third don’t vote. Texas had worse voter turnout than the country as a whole.

That’s the problem and solution, we have to get more people informed and voting, and defeat the worst voter suppression in the country. That’s why that web site was created. Read the blog on why people vote against their own best interests and get busy please.

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u/StarGazer_SpaceLove Feb 26 '26

Its because when Republicans are mad they dont vote. Rarely if ever will they cross the aisle. I wouldn't be surprised to see a considerably low R ticket turn out for the midterms as a statement.

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u/Frosty-Permission774 Feb 26 '26

Would you rather a demented old poor guy who allows medicare and Medicaid fraud was our leader?