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Southern Methodist University political science professor Cal Jillson’s latest book titled, “Lone Star Tarnished: A Critical Look at Texas Politics and Public Policy” looks at the state's demographic changes and discusses what those changes could mean for one of the nation’s reddest statesSouthern Methodist University political science professor Cal Jillson’s latest... more
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The Texas Miracle? Maybe it depends on perspective. I don’t think so, but maybe.
A Texas Miracle? Only if racism, minimum wage jobs, food insecurity, a lack of healthcare insurance, and high school dropouts, and a burgeoning prison-industrial complex constitute a miracle.
This depression we’re in isn’t the first. Since 1980 we’ve had eleven recessions. That’s scary. For the two hundred years that capitalist extremists have manipulated public policy, politics and elections this nation has experienced cyclical recessions and depressions.The Texas Miracle? Maybe it depends on perspective. I don’t think so, but maybe.... more
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The Texas Miracle? Really? The “Texas” Miracle? Seriously?
Back in the day when those of my generation encountered a condition that looked very busy---a Rube Goldberg contraption for example---but unlike Goldberg’s contraptions accomplished little we referred to it as a circle jerk. Though it looks busy, it does little. So it is with the state’s GOPer dominated politics, elections and public policy. If anything it is an intertwined, downward spiraling circle jerk.
A Texas Miracle? Only if racism, minimum wage jobs, food scarcity, a lack of healthcare insurance, and high school dropouts, and a burgeoning prison-industrial complex constitute a miracle.The Texas Miracle? Really? The “Texas” Miracle? Seriously?
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Workers continue to suffer. Holly Sklar points out what is true about job creation in this country in general, and what wages have become, an enslavement to the middle class and the poor. This enslavement is caused by the loss of income on a real level when adjusted for inflation since the 1960s. because of that, households NEED two incomes to stay current with their parents era of cost of living and prosperity. This leads to other problems in the breakdown of families, reduced health care, education, and economic growth for the country. The rich continue to syphon off the wealth of the nation, as the income disparity is the highest of any OECD country.
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