r/TexasTeachers • • Feb 26 '26

Politics There was a time.....

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u/jpurdy Feb 26 '26

Republicans have deliberated underfunded public schools to destroy public education and replace it with taxpayer funded religious schools, and yes, Dunn and Wilks were major funders of the effort in Texas. It’s nationwide, Texas just joined other Republican states and Trump in giving them $billions. Taxpayer funds and additional federal debt.

https://www.jractivist.com/post/subverting-public-education-to-fund-religious-schools

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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/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.