The Burnt Orange Report recently had an article written by Phillip Martin. It is titled: "The Failure of Governor Rick Perry's Conservative Government in Texas."
It is about the ideology adopted by Rick Perry. According to one of his recent fund-raising letters; Rick thinks that the Republican party is doing poorly because it is not "conservative" enough.
This is a "conservatism" that seeks to dismantle public institutions. It relies on businesses to create enough jobs without any government intervention. This is a type of laissez-fair job growth, meaning; if it happens it happens. Also, according to Rick, we should rely on the private sector to provide the necessary "ingenuity."
How this ingenuity is to be employed is anyone's guess. Ingenuity is usually applied to something; maximizing profits, making workers redundant, etc. Perhaps it is ingenuity for its own sake. High-technology is a tool that is applied to something. It can make peoples lives better...or worse.
Rick feels that the Republican party should be a party that "functions from a place of optimism and faith in the individual more than the institutions of government."
In my opinion, there is a reason that the public sector needs to be funded. It provides things beyond roads and defense. It can provide public education at the college-level, adequate public transportation such as light-rail. It can even provide resources for people who lack health insurance. Were these the functions that made "Big Government" the enemy of so many "conservatives?"
Should getting an education cost a fortune? Should public transportation be non-existent? Compare living in the U.S. to living in other developed countries. Is there a reason so many people should be excluded from access to quality health care?
The market place didn't deliver the services that the public sector was designed to deliver. It will never deliver them.
Individuals can do only so much without finally relying on someone else. That is the very reason that we have civilization. Not all families are created equal, some are broken, others dysfunctional. The total reliance on the individual is a myth.
Public transportation, like quality roads, is an investment the public sector should maintain; even in Houston. Ultimately, this helps commerce and neighborhoods alike.
An educated public is a public good. It makes the maintenance of a high-functioning society possible. This, too, falls under the purview of the public sector. Access to quality education should be determined by individual talent, not financial resources.
We have conducted the experiment of the Regan Revolution. We have the results. It is time for change.
Thursday, December 11, 2008
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Tea Party
"Indeed, the rightward tilt of the state's GOP electorate permitted another Tea Party insurgent to mount a respectable run without serving as a spoiler to Perry's similarly themed campaign. Debra Medina, a darling of the far right, recently made headlines for questioning the government's involvement in the 9/11 terrorist attacks, but came in with about the same 16 percent showing that polls registered prior to her gaffe. -http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/20100304/ts_ynews/ynews_ts1213
The rightward slant of the Republican party in Texas portends ill for its citizens and residents alike. A state already gerrymandered to the Republican's advantage, allowing a comfortable margin for incompetence, is being pulled toward a radical part of the political spectrum.
The Tea Party rejects any workable form of federalism where the Federal government plays a necessarily central role in funding large projects, such as roads and dams, and provides funding for necessary functions, such as public education.
"But by the time Republican voters went to the polls here in a primary on Tuesday, the political ground had shifted under Senator Hutchison, who lost in a three-way race to Mr. Perry." -link to NY Times Article.
The Tea Party candidates posit themselves as outsiders. But, Rick Perry has been governor for over 10 years.
http://www.billwhitefortexas.com/
If you really want change, elect someone who hasn't been governor for 10 years. Bill White handily beat several other Democratic challengers, and, Bill White doesn't have to hide under a false agenda.
The Tea Party is a mis-informed tax revolt married to a wild-eyed dream of secession. All States require federal money to complete big projects because this is the tax money not hijacked by regional petty thievery, and, back-stabbing. It provides the wealth to the communities too poor to educate their own children or pave their own streets. And it provides a necessary counterweight to local lapses in judgment.
Don't leave the future of Texas in the hands of a movement that would send us back into the Dark Ages; where a decent education is a luxury, and a decent life is a far-off dream. This is the movement that would deny you your unemployment benefits. In fact, Governor Perry already has.
The rightward slant of the Republican party in Texas portends ill for its citizens and residents alike. A state already gerrymandered to the Republican's advantage, allowing a comfortable margin for incompetence, is being pulled toward a radical part of the political spectrum.
The Tea Party rejects any workable form of federalism where the Federal government plays a necessarily central role in funding large projects, such as roads and dams, and provides funding for necessary functions, such as public education.
"But by the time Republican voters went to the polls here in a primary on Tuesday, the political ground had shifted under Senator Hutchison, who lost in a three-way race to Mr. Perry." -link to NY Times Article.
The Tea Party candidates posit themselves as outsiders. But, Rick Perry has been governor for over 10 years.
http://www.billwhitefortexas.com/
If you really want change, elect someone who hasn't been governor for 10 years. Bill White handily beat several other Democratic challengers, and, Bill White doesn't have to hide under a false agenda.
The Tea Party is a mis-informed tax revolt married to a wild-eyed dream of secession. All States require federal money to complete big projects because this is the tax money not hijacked by regional petty thievery, and, back-stabbing. It provides the wealth to the communities too poor to educate their own children or pave their own streets. And it provides a necessary counterweight to local lapses in judgment.
Don't leave the future of Texas in the hands of a movement that would send us back into the Dark Ages; where a decent education is a luxury, and a decent life is a far-off dream. This is the movement that would deny you your unemployment benefits. In fact, Governor Perry already has.
Capitol Building -Austin
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11th and Congress.
Parking at the intersection's southeast Corner, and 1500 block of Congress.
Larger than any other state capitol.
11th and Congress.
Parking at the intersection's southeast Corner, and 1500 block of Congress.
Larger than any other state capitol.
Texas Employment Law
"Texas employment law does NOT prohibit workplace discrimination and/or termination based upon sexual orientation, gender identity, or marital status." -Equality Texas
"The Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), federal legislation that would add sexual orientation as a protected class against discrimination, has been proposed but failed in the past few years. But it is expected that President Obama and the a stronger Democratic majority in Congress will pass and enact the law in 2009." -HRHero.com
http://www.hrhero.com/topics/sex_discrimination.html
"The Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), federal legislation that would add sexual orientation as a protected class against discrimination, has been proposed but failed in the past few years. But it is expected that President Obama and the a stronger Democratic majority in Congress will pass and enact the law in 2009." -HRHero.com
http://www.hrhero.com/topics/sex_discrimination.html
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