Debra K
Gold Member
- Jul 10, 2015
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One party system: What total Republican control of a state really means
Republican control of states--what are the results? Many of these states wasted no time in adopting radical elements of the Republican agenda, such as:
Gerrymandering
Voter suppression
Loose gun regulation
Suppression of civil rights
Cut funding for public school education; eliminated teaching positions
Eliminated preschool
Cut funding for higher education
Banned use of climate-change science
Reduced unemployment benefits
NC repealed Racial Justice Act
Eliminate earned-income tax credit for poor
Imposed higher sales taxes that hit the poor the hardest
Extended tax breaks for wealthy
Tax cuts for wealthy
Budget deficits
Obstructed women's healthcare
Squashing unions and oppressing workers
The author wrote: "Unless this changes radically, what the Republicans have done in the past five years may be just a prelude to what’s ahead."
Is this the kind of country we really want?
The U.S. Constitution gives the states almost total control over how Americans live and vote. Republicans appear to have grasped the importance of this, but most Democrats have not. Since losing the White House and Congress in 2008, the GOP has focused time, money and talent on gaining control of state governments.
Their efforts have paid off. In the 2010 and 2014 midterm elections, older, white and upper-income voters, including many Tea Party supporters, turned out in force, while Democratic constituencies, including many young and minority voters, stayed home. The result is that Republicans control both the governor’s mansion and legislature in 24 states, 70 of the nation’s 99 state legislative chambers, both chambers in 30 states, plus Nebraska’s single chamber, and 31 governor’s mansions.
Republican control of states--what are the results? Many of these states wasted no time in adopting radical elements of the Republican agenda, such as:
Gerrymandering
Voter suppression
Loose gun regulation
Suppression of civil rights
Cut funding for public school education; eliminated teaching positions
Eliminated preschool
Cut funding for higher education
Banned use of climate-change science
Reduced unemployment benefits
NC repealed Racial Justice Act
Eliminate earned-income tax credit for poor
Imposed higher sales taxes that hit the poor the hardest
Extended tax breaks for wealthy
Tax cuts for wealthy
Budget deficits
Obstructed women's healthcare
Squashing unions and oppressing workers
The author wrote: "Unless this changes radically, what the Republicans have done in the past five years may be just a prelude to what’s ahead."
Is this the kind of country we really want?